«Il n‘y a pas un monde développé et un monde sous-développé, mais un seul monde mal développé»
Transnational corporations (TNCs) have become major and powerful actors.
The activities of transnational corporations are a source of multiple human rights violations
In many cases, especially when victims are from the Global South, impunity prevails. TNCs are indeed able to evade national jurisdictions because of the unprecedented economic, financial and political power they command, their transnational character, their economic and legal flexibility and the complex structures they use to carry on their activities.
Since the late 90s, the CETIM is firmly committed to ending the impunity of transnational corporations and ensuring access to justice for the victims of their activities. The CETIM supports social movements, trade unions and organizations representing victims and affected communities from the Global South in their efforts to access the UN human rights protection mechanisms. And the CETIM is involved to their sides in the campaign for new binding international norms to end impunity, providing its support for their participation in the negotiations and the presentation of their proposals.
Access to justice for victims of TNCs
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 40th session March 2019 The CETIM comments on the Draft Treaty presented by the Chair of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises. This Draft Treaty is a basis on which to begin negotiations, but it contains significant shortcomings. For example, the draft Treaty does not impose obligations […]
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 40th session 25 February – 22 March 2019 CETIM calls on the Nigerian and Dutch authorities to honour their international commitments in the field of human and labour rights.
Continue readingCETIM and its partners have been part of an important research for the future of the process in view of the drafting of a binding Treaty on multinationals. This document is based on a specific perspective, from the Old Continent. “The EU and the corporate impunity nexus. Building the UN binding treaty on transnational corporations […]
Continue readingThe first draft treaty on TNCs was presented to the Working Group responsible for elaborating a Binding treaty to regulate the activities of multinationals in Geneva in October 2018. As usual, CETIM has made an active contribution to the activities of the Group, arranging for dozens of civil society representatives to participate in the debates. […]
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The 4th session of the Working Group on a Binding Treaty to Regulate the Activities of Multinationals was held from 15 to 19 October 2018.
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