Transnational Corporations and Human Rights: Towards a Binding International Treaty. DOWNLOAD PDF HERE As part of the Global Campaign’s preparation for engaging the UN Inter Governmental Working Group (IGWG), this expert Seminar brought together thirty experts (human rights, international law, political economy)…
See full report here: SUMMARY Glencore in Colombia: civil society’s view on the sustainability of mining operations This shadow report[1] is intended as a contribution towards civil society’s duty to provide oversight and demand responsibility from large companies and transnational…
– Report denounces rights violations committed by Vale – More than 30 cases in three continents are presented in the document produced by the InternationalArticulation of those Affected by Vale – The report gathers several allegations of human and environmental rights violations, such asforced labor, espionage and irregular environmental licensing – Vale Unsustainability Report 2015 will be available for download on the …
How international investment rules undermine agrarian justice Pietje Vervest Timothé Feodoroff The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) clause present in many trade treaties give investors far-reaching protection, curtailing governments’ ability to regulate for progressive agrarian and agricultural policies and reinforcing the…
Deepening TNCs gains from the WTO Mary Louise F. Malig This sequel to the “Tailored for Sharks” report delves deeper into the role the World Trade Organization (WTO) and its legal system play in the corporate architecture that benefits and…
“Listening to farmers and addressing their specific needs. We talk to farmers about the crops they want to grow and eat, as well as the unique challenges they face. We partner with organizations that understand and are equipped to address these challenges, and…
John Gerard Ruggie Harvard University – Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) July 30, 2014 Business and Human Rights: Beyond the End of the Beginning, César Rodriguez-Garavito, ed., Forthcoming Abstract: Calls to regulate transnational corporations (TNCs) through a single overarching international treaty…
A new GPF working paper, jointly published with Brot für die Welt and MISEREOR, gives an overview of the debate around how to create an international legally binding instrument to hold transnational corporations accountable for human rights abuses. The scope…
It is in operation now the website Consulta Previa (www.consultaprevia.org). The material is available in Portuguese and Spanish and it was launched during the Panamazonian Social Forum in Macapá, Amapá, Brazil (28-31 May 2013). The website is an important…
Campaigners Pia Eberhardt and Arthur Stamoulis discuss what has been learned so far about challenging investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS), as the European Commission consults on its use in the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership The European Commission’s public consultation on the inclusion…
History Timeline of key developments in the struggle to establish an international system of accountability for transnational corporate human rights abuses: 1972-1992 Since the early 1970s there have been concerted efforts to develop binding international systems to regulate corporations…
The Environmental Justice Organisations, Liabilities and Trade (EJOLT) project launches today its Global Atlas of Environmental Justice, a visually attractive and interactive online mapping platform detailing around 1000 environmental conflicts (and growing). It allows users to search and filter across 100 fields…