CETIM statements on the impunity of transnational corporations

SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 57th session 25 July – 12 August 2005 [Excerpt from the statement] Given that the procedures we have just mentioned do not yet exist and/or only partially cover issues raised by the activities of transnational corporations, it would be wise to establish a specific mechanism within […]

SUB-COMMISSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 57th session 25 July – 12 August 2005 Read the CETIM’s written statement By publishing his report on the reform of the United Nations, on the 21st of March 20051, the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan caused quite a stir. Entitled ‘In Larger Freedom: towards development, security […]

SUB-COMMISSION ON THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS 57th session 25 July – 12 August 2005 Read the CETIM written statement I. The mandate of the Working Group on transnational corporations The resolution 2005/69 of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) totally ignores the work accomplished since many years by the Sub-Commission for the […]

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 61st session 14 March – 22 April 2005 Read the CETIM oral statement 1. Despite the fact that the Draft “Norms”1 for transnational corporations and other business enterprises approved by the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights2 is far from being a panacea on the subject of control and […]