https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/8th-session-of-the-u...
program of work:https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/hrbodies/hrcouncil/w...
The Third Revised Draft and the concrete textual proposals submitted by States during the 7th session will serve as the basis for the discussions at the IGWG meeting. In October, the Chair also shared suggested proposals for amendments to several articles to facilitate the discussion.
African Civil Society Continues to Reiterates the Need for a Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights and For Meaningful Participation from States Across the Globe
This week, United Nations member states will gather in Geneva for the 8th negotiating session dedicated to developing a treaty to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises...[W]e believe that the ongoing process is essential to ensuring that there is regulation of the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights and to ensure that corporations have a binding responsibility to respect human rights globally – and particularly in the global South.
Time for a Treaty - Will Ireland support UN Binding Treaty to tackle corporate impunity?
Rep. Grijalva Urges Biden Administration to Engage in IGWG UN Negotiations on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights to Support Fenceline Communities
UN Business and Human Rights Treaty Negotiations
Significant progress needed in UN binding treaty negotiations
Affected communities and social movements urge to get negotiations back on track in the face of a new diversionary threat to the process
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