«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 statement presented by the CETIM in June 2018 to the Human Rights Council highlighted violations committed by Glencore corporation, its subsidiaries and subcontractors in several countries. Glencore PLC is one of the largest mining and commodities trading companies in the world, headquartered in Switzerland with its shares publicly traded on stock exchanges. According to […]
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The European Union persists in sabotaging the work of the inter-governmental group responsible for drafting a legally binding instrument on transnational corporations. Le Courrier published an article on this subject in its edition of 27 December 2017. Here it is in its entirety. NGOs denounce an EU proposal to end the United Nations project of […]
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Ecuador presented the report of the third session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on a legally binding instrument on transnational corporations to the plenary of the Human Rights Council in March 2018. On this occasion, the CETIM made a statement and co-organized a parallel conference entitled ‘Reflections on the United Nations Binding Treaty on Transnational […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 38th Session 18 June – 6 July 2018 [Excerpt from the statement] CETIM is alarmed by the increase of human rights violations committed by transnational corporations (TNCs) around the world. This declaration highlights violations committed by Glencore corporation, its subsidiaries and subcontractors in several countries. Read the CETIM’s written statement
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CETIM, UDAPT and FORUM NOBIS denounce Chevron’s attacks against victims’ defenders in the United States and Ecuador. Following the report submitted by the three organizations, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders urges the US government to act.
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