"Peoples Mobilizations for a UN Treaty on TNCs inside and outside the UNHRC!", June 2015

From 6 to 10 July 2015, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will convene an unprecedented process that has the potential of providing new avenues for access to justice for communities affected by human rights violations committed by Transnational Corporations (TNCs) worldwide…The need for greater control over TNCs has never been more critical…The Peoples Mobilization will coincide with the first meeting of the intergovernmental working group that will begin debating and discussing the contents of a binding treaty on TNCs…The inside dimension of the mobilizations is a series of activities in the Palais des Nations…in addition to following negotiations closely and direct advocacy to member states to ensure that they hear the voices from impacted communities loud and clear…