In the following pages, you will find CETIM’s English declarations at the UN on the theme of impunity of transnational corporations
In July 2012, dozens of workers of the Manesar plant of the car company Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) – located in the State of Haryana in northern India – were dismissed and detained without charge because they were exercising their right to association and affiliation to a trade union of their choice. Indeed, workers’ rights and trade union rights, including the right to freedom of association, the right to collective bargaining and the right to equal pay for equal work, are not respected by the management of MSIL. Following a riot, the police arrested over a hundred workers, who are to this day still in custody. Under the pretext of the violence and a fire caused by the riots, the management suppressed the trade union and dismissed over two thousand workers. It is vital, that the human rights situation and the behavior of the police in this affair be investigated by an independent inquiry.
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In 2013, a series of dramatic accidents in Bangladeshi textile factories caused thousands of casualties, spurring worldwide protests.
In the wake of this uproar, a number of corporations and trade unions involved concluded the “Accord on Fire and Building in Bangladesh”. This deal has incidentally been publicized and celebrated as an example of corporate social responsibility. The agreement is largely based on the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (also known as the Ruggie principles), which are supposed to prevent human rights violations. However, this initiative turned out to be one more of countless deceits by transnational corporations. They burnish their image before the public, without genuinely taking responsibility for respecting human rights.
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 22nd Session March 2013 [Excerpt of the declaration] The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), the Europe – Third World Centre (CETIM), the American Association of Jurists and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) welcome the report of the International Fact-Finding Mission investigating the impact of the Israeli settlements on the […]
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 22nd session 25 February – 22 March 2013 [Excerpt from the statement] The proliferation over the last two decades of private military and security companies (PMSCs) that also engage in mercenary activities is highly problematic. Not only do these entities commit serious human rights violations in many countries, often escaping all sanctions, […]
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 21st session Item 3 : General debate September 2012 [Excerpt of the declaration] We are currently facing a new surge in food prices particularly maize, wheat and soybean: after the price spike occurred across almost all commodities in 2007/2008 and a new spike in 2011, food prices are peaking again, reaching the […]
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