UN Treaty on Business and Human rights
Oil polution in Nigeria, asbetos in the US, forced evictions in Zimbabwe: victims of business related human right abuses often face major barriers when they try to get access to remedy. Now there is a unique opportunity to improve prevention of corporate abuse, and to ensure that victims of corporate abuse have adequate access to justice: the UN binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights. In June 2014, a ground-breaking resolution was adopted by the Human Rights Council that established an Inter-Governmental Working Group (IGWG) to develop an ‘international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights’. SOMO is one of the many NGO’s following the discussions in Geneva and works together with partner organisations advocates for a treaty that will effectively contribute to access to justice and remedy for victims of business-related human rights abuses.
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Progress and challenges: Recap of 2023 UN Binding Treaty Negotiations on Business and Human RightsPosted in category:News
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New UK legal case on Niger Delta oil spills – a litmus test for justice in the energy transitionPosted in category:Opinion
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EU and UN instruments must work in tandem to guarantee justicePosted in category:Published on:Statement
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Re-cap: 2021 negotiations over binding treaty on business and human rightsPosted in category:News
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Why is the EU still absent in UN negotiations on binding human rights rules for business?Posted in category:OpinionHeidi Hautala (MEP, Greens / EFA)Published on:Heidi Hautala (MEP, Greens / EFA)
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Re-cap: 2020 negotiations over binding treaty on business and human rightsPosted in category:News
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Submission to the UN Open-ended working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprisesPosted in category:Published on:Statement
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Round Table talks on a binding UN treaty on business and human rightsPosted in category:Published on:Statement
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Re-cap: negotiations over the revised draft of a binding treaty on business and human rightsPosted in category:News
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The Netherlands must ensure that human rights prevail over businessPublished on:Posted in category:Opinion
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UN Binding Treaty: time for constructive engagement from the EU and member statesPosted in category:Published on:Statement
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SOMO urges states to support environmental human rights defendersPosted in category:Published on:Statement
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Dutch civil society organisations sound the alarm: Dutch Minister must save human rights treatyPosted in category:NewsPublished on: -
Side event at the UNCITRAL Working Group III: The virtues and pitfalls of a Multilateral Investment Court.Posted in category:News
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