«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
A side event was held at the UN on the occasion of the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council. It was entitled: “Reflections on the United Nations Treaty binding transnational corporations on human rights“.
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Le Courrier interviewed Melik Özden regarding the progress of the Human Rights Council’s working group on a legally binding treaty on transnational corporations. The conversation between Bénito Perez the CETIM’s director appeared in the 3 November 2017 edition of the Geneva daily. The CETIM is one of the non-governmental organizations at the origin of the […]
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The chair of the intergovernmental working group entrusted with drafting a legally binding instrument on transnational corporations (TNCs),1 Guillaume Long, Ambassador of Ecuador, presented the “elements” that will serve as a basis for drafting the instrument. In parallel, the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity (Global Campaign), of which the CETIM is […]
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Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity Public Statement Tuesday 19th December 2017 According to our sources, the European Union (EU) delegation to the United Nations General Assembly’s Fifth Committee, which deals with budgetary matters, is trying to eliminate the financing of the Human Rights Council’s intergovernmental working group (IGWG) […]
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Testimonies of communities affected by multinational corporations, presentation of the treaty proposal by social movements, dialogue between Special Rapporteurs and victims. Watch the videos of the side-events organised by CETIM and its partners during the 3rd session of the working group on multinationals and human rights.
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