On the occasion of the fifth session of the UN Human Rights Council open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG), the Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity is pleased to invite you to participate in the side event on:
The construction of a treaty: Analysis of the revised draft
Tuesday 15th October, 13.00 – 15.00
Palais des Nations Unies, Geneva (Room: XXII)
Speakers:
1st Part: The situation of Ecuador from the perspective of social organizations
Sofia Jarrin, Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales (CDES)
Willian Lucitante, Unión de Afectado/as por Chevron Texaco en Ecuador
2nd Part: Analysis of the revised draft
Juliette Renaud, Friends of the Earth International
Isabel Guzman, Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA)
Rachmi Hertanti, Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ)
Shayda Nacify, Corporate Accountability International (CAI)
Moderator: Melik Özden, Centre Europe Tiers-Monde
The Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity (Global Campaign) is a network of over 200 social movements, networks, organisations and affected communities resisting the land grabs, extractive mining, exploitative wages and environmental destruction and the border walls industry of transnational corporations (TNCs) in different global regions, particularly Africa, Asia and Latin America. Since 2014, the Global Campaign participates actively in the process towards the UN Binding Treaty on TNCs and Human Rights. During this Side Event, experts from movements and organisations members of the Global Campaign will expose the proposals towards the UN Binding Treaty as well as comment on the Revised Draft of the UN Binding Treaty as well as reflect on the current situation in Ecuador from the perspective of social organisation.
Interpretation to Spanish and English
Contact: Raffaele Morgantini (contact@cetim.ch), +41796606514
