«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
The Intergovernmental Working Group (WG) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) working group on the elaboration of a binding treaty on transnational corporations (TNCs) entered the “negotiation mode”. The Charimanship of the group (Ecuador) presented an “Elements paper”, which will serve as basis for the negotiations.
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CETIM and its partners submit to the Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations a treaty on transnational corporations and their human rights value chain.
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In front of the Human Rights Council, CETIM makes comments on the TNC and human rights project.
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A public conference convened at the occasion of the Week of Peoples Mobilization. On the topic: “Transnational corporations and Human Rights. Concrete proposals to stop corporate impunity“. Monday 23 October 2017 at 7 pm, at University of Geneva, UNI-MAIL, ROOM M280. Moderated by: Braulio Alfonso Moro, Radio France Internationale Panellists: Kanahus Manuel (Nation SECWEPEMC, Standing Rock) […]
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From 6 till 8 June 2017, the representatives of the “Water Protectors” of Standing Rock were in Geneva, within the framework of their European tour.
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