Event on the accountability of business in relation to human rights
On 21 September 2005, the Danish Section of the International Commission of Jurists will host an event on Business & Human Rights.
Business & Human Rights : an event in Copenhagen
On 21 September 2005, the Danish Section of the International Commission of Jurists will host an event on Business & Human Rights.
21 September 2005
Business and human rights: Submission to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
In October 2004, the ICJ submitted a written opinion to the United Nations High Commisioner for Human Rights, in which it outlined its position on the question of corporate accountability.
In its submission, it expressed support for the Norms on Transnational Corporations adopted by the Sub-Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and its view that consultations should be held with all stakeholders to obtain a legal instrument on business and human rights.
Submission to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights [full text, PDF]
The norms on transnational corporations and the role of the Sub-Commission in the development of international human rights law
Today, the ICJ intervened at the session of the Sub-Commission on the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights.
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