Resources

Resource contributors are people and organizations who are part of the Treaty Alliance and concerned with and committed to the development of an international binding agreement to stop corporate impunity and to hold transnational corporations accountable under human rights law.  The below resources are a compilation of civil society critiques and analyses of the second revised draft Treaty or Legally Binding Instrument (LBI) that was published on 7 August 2020 by Ecuador, the Chairperson of the UN Treaty process. They also represent reactions to the current ongoing Sixth Session of the IGWG happening both in Geneva and online. Visit this page for more info about the session: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/WGTransCorp/Session6/Pages/Session6.aspx

statements

ACCA submission on the second revised draft Treaty, November 2020: http://www.accahumanrights.org/en/news/301-second-draft-treaty-on-business-and-human-rights (and in French: http://www.accahumanrights.org/fr/actualit%C3%A9s/302-deuxi%C3%A8me-projet-de-trait%C3%A9-sur-les-entreprises-et-les-droits-de-l-homme)

PODER Posicionamiento sobre el Segundo Borrador del Tratado Vinculante - Octubre 2020:  https://www.poderlatam.org/2020/10/posicionamiento-sobre-el-2do-borrador-del-tratado-vinculante-en-materia-de-empresas-y-derechos-humanos/

Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights - Towards a Transformative Treaty on Business and Human Rights, Oct 2020: https://www.trocaire.org/documents/towards-a-transformative-treaty-on-business-and-human-rights/

FIAN on how a UN Treaty can make transnational corporations accountable, October 2020: https://www.https://www.fian.org/en/news/article/how-could-a-un-treaty-make-transnational-corporations-accountable-2660

GLOBAL CAMPAIGN press release on the UN Treaty Process, October 2020: https://www.stopcorporateimpunity.org/press-release-historic-process-continues-at-the-un-states-resume-substantive-negotiations-on-the-text-for-a-binding-treaty-on-transnational-corporations-with-respect-to-human-rights/

GLOBAL CAMPAIGN position on the second revised draft, October 2020:
https://www.stopcorporateimpunity.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Position-paper-Global-Campaign_2nd-revised-draft-TNCs_FINAL-2.pdf

FIDH reflections on the second revised Treaty text, October 2020: https://www.fidh.org/en/issues/globalisation-human-rights/binding-treaty-on-business-and-human-rights-reflections-on-the-second

ESCR-Net statement on the second revised draft Treaty, October 2020: https://www.escr-net.org/news/2020/collective-submission-draft-treaty-human-rights-and-business

ESCR-Net collective submission on the second revised draft of the binding Treaty: https://www.escr-net.org/sites/default/files/attachments/escrnet_written_submission_second_revised_treaty_oct_2020_final.pdf

ESCR-Net advocacy paper on the second revised draft of the binding Treaty: https://www.escr-net.org/sites/default/files/attachments/escrnet_advocacy_paper_second_revised_draft_treaty_oct_2020.pdf

CIDSE engagement in the 6th session of the UN binding Treaty, October 2020: https://www.cidse.org/2020/10/23/cidses-engagement-in-the-6th-session-of-the-un-binding-treaty/

TREATY ALLIANCE GERMANY statement on UN binding Treaty process, September 2020: https://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/270-general/53254-important-step-for-the-human-rights-and-ecological-orientation-of-the-global-economy.html

ECCJ Daily Blog on the UN Treaty Week (26 - 30 October 2020)

ECCJ's blog on day 1 of the 6th session: https://corporatejustice.org/news/16843-un-treaty-on-business-human-rights-negotiations-kick-off-amid-major-global-uncertainties

ECCJ's blog on day 2 of the 6th session: https://corporatejustice.org/news/16844-day-2-of-un-treaty-negotiations-clear-divisions-persist-on-victim-s-rights-and-due-diligence-obligations

ECCJ's blog on day 3 of the 6th session: https://corporatejustice.org/news/16845-day-3-as-participation-drops-some-states-attempt-to-water-down-key-provisions