Special Section
Published 2017-07-31
Keywords
- Business and Human Rights,
- Binding Treaty,
- United Nations
How to Cite
Salas, L. G. E. (2017). The way ahead for the treaty process on transnational corporations with respect to human rights. Homa Publica - Revista Internacional De Derechos Humanos Y Empresas, 1(2), e:016. Retrieved from https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/HOMA/article/view/30542
Abstract
This work is the result of an invitation to the Ecuadorian Counselor on a Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva.
This contribution was not submitted for peer review.
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References
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Khalil Hamdani and Lorraine Ruffing: “United Nations Centre on Transnational Corporations. Corporate conduct and the public interest”, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group publishers, London and New York, 2015.
Human Rights Council, resolution A/HRC/17/4 “Human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises”, adopted on 6 June 2011.
The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises were adopted in 1976, and have been updated many times, the last one in 2011.
Human Rights Council, resolution A/HRC/RES/32/2: “Protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity”, adopted on 30 June 2016.
Human Rights Council, resolution A/HRC/RES/31/32: “Protecting human rights defenders, whether individuals, groups or organs of society, addressing economic, social and cultural rights”, adopted on 24 March 2016.
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), award on Philip Morris Brands SÀRL, Philip Morris Products S.A. and Abal Hermanos S.A. versus Oriental Republic of Uruguay, ICSID Case No. ARB/10/7, 28 June 2016.
Human Rights Council: “Report of the first session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, with the mandate of elaborating an international legally binding instrument”, document A/HRC/31/50, distributed on 5 February 2016, link: https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G16/018/22/PDF/G1601822.pdf?OpenElement.
Human Rights Council: “Report on the second session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights”, document A/HRC/34/47, distributed on 4 January 2017, link: https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G17/000/94/PDF/G1700094.pdf?OpenElement.
The Economist Intelligence Unit: “The Road from Principles to Practice. Today’s challenges for business in respecting human rights”, 2015.
Juger les Multinationales, Éditions Mardaga, Brussels, 2015, written by Eric David and Gabrielle Lefèvre.