Advancing international cooperation in the service of victims of human rights violations in the context of business activities
08/11/2018
- Opinión
A zero draft of a legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises, is the subject of discussions in an inter-governmental open ended workinggroup under the auspices of the Human Rights Council (15-19 October 2018). The draft aims at harnessing international cooperation among home and host states of business enterprises in order to address barriers to get remedies to victims of human rights violations in the context of business activities of transnational character. This brief discusses the approach to States’ role and obligations as proposed under the zero draft.
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La elaboración del borrador preliminar de un instrumento jurídicamente vinculante para la reglamentación de las actividades de las empresas transnacionales y otras empresas comerciales en el derecho internacional de los derechos humanos es objeto de debate en un grupo de trabajo intergubernamental de composición abierta creado bajo los auspicios del Consejo de Derechos Humanos (15 a 19 de octubre de 2018). El instrumento tiene por objeto fomentar la cooperación internacional entre los Estados de origen y de acogida de las empresas comerciales a fin de eliminar los obstáculos que afrontan las víctimas de violaciones de los derechos humanos relacionadas con las actividades comerciales de carácter transnacional para obtener reparación. En este Informe sobre políticas se examina el planteamiento del borrador preliminar respecto a la función y las obligaciones de los Estados a este respecto.
Source: South Centre:
https://www.alainet.org/en/articulo/196417?language=en
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