At a glance: 4th Annual meeting
The UN Human Rights Council’s working group in charge of developing a Binding Treaty on Human Rights and business gathered in its 4th annual session between the 15th and 19th October 2018 in Geneva.
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International parliamentarians meet in Brussels to back the UN Binding Treaty
This week the Global Inter-Parliamentary Network in Support of a Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations with Respect to Human Rights gathered in Brussels in a conference co-hosted by GUE/NGL.
Binding instrument Draft 0 released!
On the 20th July 2018 the Presidency of the open-ended intergovernmental working group has published the draft 0 of the Binding Treaty, which will be discussed on the 4th session of the working group between the 15th and 20th October 2018.
The Development Committee of the European Parliament approves a ground-breaking Resolution on the EU’s input to a UN Binding Instrument
After having expressed its support for the Binding Treaty in multiple occasions, the European Parliament is now ready to take a historical step forward: the approval of a Resolution stating its view on how the UN Binding Treaty can contribute to balance the unfair consequences of unregulated globalisation. The Resolution, which was approved on the […]
Ms María Fernanda Espinosa, new President of the General Assembly of the United Nations
We welcome the election of Ms. Maria Fernanda Espinosa as President of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly. We consider this as a recognition of the Ms. Espinosa’s achievements during her career including, of course, her key role as first Chair-Rapporteur of the OEIGWG. We would like to take this occasion to underline that Ms. […]