FIGHTING IMPUNITY: A UN HUMAN RIGHTS TREATY ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTERPRISES

 

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11th October 2018, 13.00-15.00, European Parliament, Brussels, Room A5E1.

 

Hosted by GUE/NGL, Greens/EFA, S&D-ES, with the collaboration of the citizen movement “Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity” (Global Campaign) and the Transnational Institute (TNI)

 

 

AGENDA

 

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

MEP Lola Sánchez Caldentey, GUE/NGL

 

 

PANEL 1. A WORLD BACKING THE BINDING INSTRUMENT – PARLIAMENTARY INITIATIVES

 

Moderator MEP Helmut Scholz, GUE/NGL

 

1. International MPs in support of the Binding Treaty
   1. MP Lilian Galán, Parliament of Uruguay

 

2. EU National, regional and local MPs in support of the Binding Treaty
   1. The European Parliament’s Position – The views from different political groups:
      • MEP Francisco Assis, MEP S&D
      • MEP Judith Sargentini, MEP Greens/EFA
      • MEP Anne Marie Minneur, MEP GUE/NGL
   2. National Level
      • MP Ana Belén Terrón, Spain, Congreso de los Diputados, Vice-President of Development Cooperation Committee
      • MP Heike Hänsel, Germany, Bundestag, Deputy Head of Die Linke
   3. Regional Level
      • MP Clara Tirado Museros, Spain, Comunitat Valenciana, Les Corts Valencianes, Spokesperson of the Committee on Development
      • Questions and Answers

 

 

PANEL 2. THE STATE OF PLAY

 

Moderator MEP S&D, Inmaculada Rodriguez-Piñero

 

1. The Views of the experts
   • Harris Gleckman, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Governance and Sustainability at the University of Massachusetts Boston and Director of Benchmark Environmental Consulting.

 

2. The Civil Society Organisations’ Voice
   • Tchenna Maso, Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity
   • Ana Maria Suárez, The Treaty Alliance

 

3. Binding Instrument Drafting Team/ Mission of Ecuador to Geneva

 

4. Member States
   • Spain, Federico Buyolo, Director General in the Office of the High Commissioner for the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, Spanish Government
   • France, Geneviève Van Rossum, the Special representative for corporate social responsibility of the French Foreign Ministry

 

5. Questions and Answers

 

 

CLOSING REMARKS

MEP Molly Scott Cato, Greens/EFA

 

 

PHOTO ACTION

All the speakers are invited to participate in a photo action, which will take place at the meeting room