First published on 10/12/2017, and last updated on 01/06/2018
On October 23-27th, 2017, the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group (OEIGWG) for the development of a legally binding treaty on Transnational Corporations (TNC) and other business enterprises (OBE) with respect to human rights met for its third session. The OEIWG examined the “elements” presented by the presidency of the group, assured by Ecuador. The debates focused on the Human Rights obligations of both TNC and States, and in particular TNC responsibilities (as such and for their managers) on the administrative, civil and penal point of view. Debates were also held on access to justice for the victims, issues of jurisdiction (of the headquarter State or of the State where operations take place), as well as on how to set up an international court for TNC and Human Rights, cooperation within and among countries, etc.
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