UN Side Event: legal liability and enforcement
This side event will take place on Wednesday, 16 October 2019 at 13h00-15h00 in room XXIV of Palais des Nations, Geneva. (more…)
Tag Archives | Business corporations
Thailand’s Legal Frameworks on Corporate Accountability for Outbound Investments
Today, the ICJ hosted a discussion on Thailand’s legal frameworks on corporate accountability for outbound investments in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The forum was co-organized with Earth Rights International. (more…)
ICJ commentary on the 2018 “zero draft” of treaty on business and human rights
In July 2018, it was published the “zero draft” of a proposed first universal treaty addressing business and human rights. The document was authored by Ecuador’s Ambassador in Geneva acting as chair of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) in charge of drafting the instrument. (more…)
Thailand: ICJ and HRLA express concern about inadequate protections for human rights defenders in draft National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights
Today, ICJ and Human Rights Lawyers’ Association (HRLA) submitted recommendations to the Ministry of Justice on Thailand’s draft National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (‘draft NAP’), dated 14 February 2019, scheduled for public consultation between 15 February 2019 and 15 March 2019. (more…)
South Africa: ICJ welcomes landmark judgment on free and informed consent of communities prior to the award of mining rights
The ICJ welcomes the landmark decision by the North Gauteng High Court in the Duduzile Baleni and 128 Others v Minister of Mineral Resources in which the Court affirmed the principle of free, prior and informed consent in relation to mining activities. (more…)
Event: Elements of a treaty on Business and Human Rights
Today the ICJ and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies co-organized a public conference: Elements of a treaty on Business and Human Rights. (more…)