10th session (21-25 Oct 2024)
The 10th session will take place on 21-25 Oct 2024 in Geneva. More details soon.
9th session (23-27 Oct 2023)
The 9th session took place on 23-27 Oct 2023 in Geneva.
8th session (24-28 Oct 2022)
The 8th session will take place on 24-28 Oct 2022 in Geneva.
7th session (25-29 Oct 2021)
The 7th session focused on negotiations on the Third Revised Draft.
6th Session (26-30 Oct 2020)
The session was dedicated to negotiations on the Second Revised Draft of the binding treaty on business and human rights. Follow the link to read daily summaries, access official announcements from OHCHR and more.
5th Session (14-18 Oct 2019)
The 5th Session of the IGWG took place from 14 to 18 October 2019 and was dedicated to negotiations on the Revised draft legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises.
Resources from the 5th Session
Explore documents, submissions and oral statements shared during the session.
Revised Draft - Summary
Read the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre's unofficial summary of the Revised Draft.
Reflections on the Revised Draft
Read commentaries and opinion pieces from thought leaders in the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre's dedicated blog series on the Revised Draft.
4th Session (2018)
The 4th Session of the IGWG took place from 15 to 19 October 2018 and was dedicated to negotiations on the zero draft legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises, as well as a zero draft optional protocol to be annexed to the zero draft legally binding instrument.
Resources from the 4th Session
Explore documents, submissions and oral statements shared during the session.
Zero Draft - Summary
Read the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre's unofficial summary of the Zero Draft.
Reflections on the Zero Draft Treaty
Read commentaries and opinion pieces from thought leaders in the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre's dedicated blog series on the Zero Draft.
Sessions 1-3 (2015-2017)
The first three sessions of the IGWG were dedicated to deliberations on the content, scope, nature and form of the future international instrument on business and human rights. This phase culminated in the third session with discussions on Elements for a draft legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights.
1st Session (2015)
At its first session, which was held from 6 to 10 July 2015, the IGWG conducted deliberations on the content, scope, nature and form of the future international instrument.
2nd Session (2016)
The second session took place from 24-28 October 2016 and was dedicated to continued deliberations on the content, scope, nature and form of the future international instrument.
3rd Session (2017)
This third session took place place from 23-27 October 2017. The Working Group discussed the Elements for a draft legally prepared by the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the IGWG taking into consideration the discussions held during the first two sessions.