3rd Session OEIGWG

20 November 2017

Follow-up on the 3rd session of the UN Binding Treaty’s Working Group

The third session of the Open Ended Inter-governmental Working Group for the elaboration of a legally binding treaty on TNCs and other business enterprises with respect to human rights took place between the 23rd and 27th of October. We would like to welcome the historic step forward that the constructive discussions held during the Working […]

3rd Session OEIWG on Binding Treaty – Day 1

23 October 2017

The discussion at the UN Human Rights Council

3rd Session OEIGWG

The EU on the edge of abandoning the negotiation Objections on the procedure. The EU, together with some States such as Norway or Australia raised objections over the procedure and the proposed draft agenda. In the first place, they complained because the elements for the draft legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises […]