CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
ECCHR
TAKES PART IN EXPERT CONSULTATION LED BY UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND BUSINESS
On 20 January 2010 the UN Special
Representative of the Secretary General for Human Rights and Business, John
Ruggie, was invited to Berlin to take part in an expert consultation prior to
the Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development's conference "That's
Right! - Corporate Responsibility for Human Rights." Together with around 60
other representatives of corporations, governments, and civil society
organizations, the ECCHR discussed questions of practical implementation of the
conceptual framework "Protect, respect and remedy" developed by John Ruggie to
address corporate responsibility.
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TAKING VICTIMS CONCERNS BETTER INTO ACCOUNT
GUIDELINES FOR LAWYERS DEVELOPED IN A SEMINAR ON
TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
From 11 to 13 November 2009 the international seminar on
"Transnational Corporations and Human Rights: Processing from the Victims'
Perspective", was organized by the legal collective Colectivo de Abogados José Alvear Restrepo, in Suesca near Bogotá, Columbia. The participants included
victims' representatives, organizations and lawyers from five indigenous
communities, ten Latin-American communities, Europe and North America. Claudia
Müller-Hoff from ECCHR also attended. Together, they developed a catalog of
practical guidelines for lawyers.
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MULTI-STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION ON THE RIGHT TO FOOD
COOPERATIONS NEED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
On June 19 and 20, 2009, the European Center for
Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) organized in Berlin a multi-stakeholder
consultation on transnational corporations and the right to food convened under
the auspices of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier de Schutter.
During the two-day workshop, representatives of civil society organizations,
unions, academia and the business community discussed various issues related to
the right to food and the role of transnational corporations. Particular focus
was placed on concrete measures that should be taken by states and
transnational corporations to contribute to the realization of the right to
food.
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TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS
"MORE LAWSUITS AGAINST TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATIONS ARE NEEDED"
On October 9th and 10th 2008, experts from around the world came to Berlin for a conference focusing on “Transnational Corporations and Human Rights.” The conference provided a forum for representatives of human rights and development organizations, lawyers, social activists, and academics to debate concrete effects of globalization on human rights, as well as the current human rights violations committed by transnational corporations.
The conference was organized by the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) in cooperation with two church aid organizations, Brot für die Welt and Misereor. Approximately thirty speakers and two hundred participants from more than thirty countries attended. At issue was the transnational struggle to hold corporations accountable for human rights violations.
