CETIM statements on the impunity of transnational corporations

In the following pages, you will find CETIM’s English declarations at the UN on the theme of impunity of transnational corporations

 

The legally binding international instrument must focus on transnational corporations (TNCs)

INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS 1st session March 2015 [Extract from the declaration] With the globalisation of the economy, transnational corporations (TNCs) have become major, powerful and inescapable actors, and their activities are the source of multiple human rights violations. Today, a few hundred TNCs control most of the world’s production and marketing of […]

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El Salvador: Universal Periodic Review report

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 28th session 02 March – 27 March 2015 [Excerpt from the statement] We also recognise the positive role that the Government has played in preventing environmental deterioration and water pollution by not granting mining permits. An emblematic case is that of the Australian-based company Oceana Gold, which insists on its will to […]

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Binding norms to end impunity of TNCs

The time has come for the Human Rights Council to adopt binding norms to end the impunity of transnational corporations! Countries and peoples of the Global South are the main victims of the asymmetry in the international system. We cannot rely on self-regulation and voluntary codes of conduct to discipline the most powerful actors in the global economy today.

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