«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
CETIM is at the European Parliament on May the 30th 2016 for the public hearing entitled “How to hold TNC responsible for human rights violations”. Melik Özden and Raffaele Morgantini talk about CETIM’s work at UN in Geneva.
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CETIM struggles against corporate power and impunity for many years. It has long had a firm commitment to the adoption of binding international norms on multinationals to end impunity for the human rights violations that they commit.
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CETIM denounces the activities related to the extraction of gold by an Australian corporation called OceanaGold. The company has been asked to meet its extra-territorial obligations, and Australia committed itself to implement the recommendation made by CETIM and its partners.
Continue readingUN Human Rights Council – 31st session Item 6 : consideration of the UPR report for Australia Mr. President, We welcome the decision of Australia to adopt the recommendation made by Ecuador, which stated the need, and I quote, “to strengthen the normative framework for the protection of human rights, including the monitoring of, investigation into […]
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Watch all interventions of the side-event « How to hold TNCs accountable for Human Rights violations? » organised by CETIM, Friends of the Earth International & the Transnational Institute, members of the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power, Stop Impunity and Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty.
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