Invitation to participate in the second session of the open-ended inter-governmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect of human rights (OEIGWG)

(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2016)

I have been writing about the Inter-Governmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights (IGWG), and the efforts to elaborate a comprehensive treaty for business and Human Rights.

I have considered the mandate of the IGWG (here), the challenges of treaty elaboration from a conceptual and framework perspective (here and here), from the principles form which pragmatic choices will have to be made (here),  and from the perspective of coherence of visions (here).

The IGWG continues to do its work.  In preparation for its 2nd Session it has put out an invitation to participate.  The deadline for submission is 30 September.  For those interested in having their viewed posted, and perhaps considered, this is an excellent opportunity to participate in the limited engagement that is open to non-state parties in the process leading to treaty elaboration. The invitation to participation follows.  Here for the call for written contributions.

 

Second Session

Open Ended Inter-Governmental Working Group on transnational corporations and human rights

24 to 28 October 2016

Palais des Nations

You are invited to participate in the second session of the open-ended inter-governmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect of human rights (OEIGWG).

Civil society organizations* are invited to submit written contributions on possible principles, scope and elements of an international legally binding instrument.
Send written contributions (Word format) by 30 September to: Igwg-tncs@ohchr.org
All submissions will be made available on the web page of the second session of the OEIGWG.

*Contributions from civil society organizations not in consultative status with ECOSOC are subject to a word limit (2,000 words). They will only be published on the OEIWG web page.

For more information (e.g. provisional agenda, information concerning accreditation and other relevant documentation, etc.):

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/WGTransCorp/Pages/Session2.aspx

Background:
The open-ended intergovernmental working group was established pursuant to Human Rights Council Resolution A/HRC/26/9 and is mandated to develop an international legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises.

Get the resolution: http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/RES/26/9