«Il n‘y a pas un monde développé et un monde sous-développé, mais un seul monde mal développé»
Transnational corporations (TNCs) have become major and powerful actors.
The activities of transnational corporations are a source of multiple human rights violations
In many cases, especially when victims are from the Global South, impunity prevails. TNCs are indeed able to evade national jurisdictions because of the unprecedented economic, financial and political power they command, their transnational character, their economic and legal flexibility and the complex structures they use to carry on their activities.
Since the late 90s, the CETIM is firmly committed to ending the impunity of transnational corporations and ensuring access to justice for the victims of their activities. The CETIM supports social movements, trade unions and organizations representing victims and affected communities from the Global South in their efforts to access the UN human rights protection mechanisms. And the CETIM is involved to their sides in the campaign for new binding international norms to end impunity, providing its support for their participation in the negotiations and the presentation of their proposals.
Access to justice for victims of TNCs
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 22nd session 25 February – 22 March 2013 [Excerpt from the statement] The proliferation over the last two decades of private military and security companies (PMSCs) that also engage in mercenary activities is highly problematic. Not only do these entities commit serious human rights violations in many countries, often escaping all sanctions, […]
Continue readingINTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS 2nd session 24-28 October 2016 [Extract from the declaration] During the first session of the Intergovernmental Working Group in July 2015, the position of extending the future treaty to all companies (local and international) was fiercely defended, regardless of the size and structure of these companies. This is a […]
Continue readingINTERGOVERNMENTAL WORKING GROUP ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS 2nd session 24-28 October 2016 [Excerpt from the Declaration] The CETIM has been fighting for nearly 20 years in favour of binding standards for transnational corporations (TNCs) and this is one of the main objectives of the Global Campaign. As such, we support the process initiated within the Intergovernmental […]
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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 32nd session June 2016 [Extract from the Declaration] The High Commissioner for Human Rights is supposed to be the guardian of international human rights law. However, we note that there is no reference to binding international human rights instruments or to the United Nations Charter. This distorts the High Commissioner’s analysis on […]
Continue readingHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 31st session March 2016 [Extract from the statement] We are alarmed by the extrajudicial executions to which the population of southern Madagascar continues to be subjected, particularly in the Ankazoabo and Midongy du Sud regions. As we have already denounced in this forum, since 2012, on the pretext of fighting zebu rustlers […]
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