[Carlos Lopez] Multinationals’ responsibility for human rights
ViewpointsOct 27, 2021
At the end of October, an intergovernmental working group will meet again to push for an international treaty governing multinational companies’ responsibility for upholding human rights. The working group, created in 2014 by the UN Human Rights Council, holds annual sessions that are attended faithfully by a large cohort of human rights advocates, environmentalists and members of social development organizations. But, while many countries, mostly from the Global South plus China, send rep