«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
Multiwatch interview with Raffaele Morgantini, advocacy officer and CETIM representative at the UN. – We make a little box for each contributing organisation. So – who is CETIM in a few sentences? CETIM is a centre for study, research and information on the mechanisms at the origin of what we call maldevelopment. “There is not […]
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PRESS RELEASE Geneva, September 2023 – First impressions on the updated draft treaty on TNCs and human rights Having actively participated in the negotiations for a legally binding instrument to regulate the activities of TNCs in international human rights law, as mandated by Resolution 26/9, the Global Campaign would like to express profound concerns regarding […]
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In the framework of the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, the Chair-Rapporteur of the Inter-Governmental Working Group in charge of drafting the Binding Treaty on transnational corporations (TNCs) and human rights, the new Ambassador of Ecuador to the UN, Mr. Cristian Espinosa Cañizares, presented the report of the 8th session of the […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 52nd session (27 February-4 April 2023) The impunity of TNCs is the reason for the creation of the Intergovernmental Working Group charged with drafting a binding treaty. However, we are concerned by the opaque way in which the negotiations are being conducted and the attempts to sideline the participation of civil society. […]
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The 8th session of the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations, charged with the elaboration of a binding treaty for the respect of human rights by these entities, was held in Geneva in great confusion and a tense atmosphere (24-28 October 2022). In issue 64 of our bulletin, we had already raised concerns about […]
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