WMG joins more than 180 organizations and 75+ individuals to call onto the member states for “advancing towards the adoption of a Binding Instrument on Transnational Companies and OBEs.”
“The COVID-19 crisis tells us that we need societies in which effective accountability mechanisms are in place. Therefore, we urge all national authorities, and particularly the member states’ delegations of the Human Rights Council, to make all efforts possible to continue advancing towards the adoption of a Binding Instrument on Transnational Companies and OBEs, strengthening the diplomatic route and ensuring effective participation of those actors that truly pursue democracy, accountability and the public interest.
These processes should pave the way to building the new normality in which present and future generations can enjoy the results of states commitments enshrined in the bill of rights and in our national constitutions.“
The full statement can be accessed here.
