«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
In the course of the Human Rights Council’s thirty-first session, the CETIM intervened in the discussion of subjects related to its historic role of advocate and nerve center for the social movements of the Global South. During the Council’s session, which was held in February and March 2016, the CETIM condemned the anti-union repression in […]
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The official opening ceremony of the Olympic Games takes place on 5th August 2016. For many years, CETIM denounces economic and social disasters caused by big sports events. From past experiences in South Africa, Brazil, China, Argentina and England, CETIM denounces economic and social consequences for local populations resulting from major sports events.
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 32nd session June 2016 [Extract from the Declaration] The High Commissioner for Human Rights is supposed to be the guardian of international human rights law. However, we note that there is no reference to binding international human rights instruments or to the United Nations Charter. This distorts the High Commissioner’s analysis on […]
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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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