[governance] Open Letter on Business and Human Rights Treaty
Niels ten Oever
lists at digitaldissidents.org
Thu Sep 27 11:25:44 EDT 2018
Hi Luca, Surya and other,
It might be me, but I cannot find the attached letter, it might be
scraped by the mailinglist. Any chance you could send a link to the letter?
Best,
Niels
On 09/27/2018 05:14 PM, LB at lucabelli.net wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Please find below a forwarded email from Surya Deva of the UN
> Working Group on Business and Human Rights. They are seeking
> signatures from academics (must have academic affiliation) for an
> open letter that aims to advance the zero draft of the *Business and
> Human Rights treaty*.
>
> If you or your colleagues have an interest in this particular
> initiative, please direct emails directly to Surya (see contact
> below) by *28 September*.
>
> All the best,
>
> Luca
>
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> *De:* Surya Deva [mailto:suryad at cityu.edu.hk]
> *Enviada em:* quinta-feira, 27 de setembro de 2018 11:55
> *Para:* Luca Belli <luca.belli at fgv.br>
> *Assunto:* RE: Invitation to join an open letter to states re the
> BHR Treaty
>
>
>
> Dear Luca
>
>
>
> Please feel free to circulate to other academics who may be
> interested to join this letter. They should write to me
> (suryad at cityu.edu.hk <mailto:suryad at cityu.edu.hk>) by Friday
> evening. Thanks in advance!
>
>
>
> Should I add your name? pl let me know.
>
>
>
> Best
>
> Surya
>
>
>
>
>
> Dear all
>
>
>
> As you may know, an open-ended intergovernmental working
> group (OEIGWG) on transnational corporations and other
> business enterprises with respect to human rights –
> established by the UN Human Rights Council in June 2014 – is
> currently negotiating an international legally binding
> instrument:
> https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/WGTransCorp/Pages/IGWGOnTNC.aspx
> <https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/WGTransCorp/Pages/IGWGOnTNC.aspx>
> The fourth session of the OEIGWG is scheduled for 15-19
> October 2018 to discuss a zero draft of the proposed
> instrument as well as its optional protocol.
>
>
>
> I along with a few other scholars have drafted an open
> letter to states. Please see the attached letter. It makes
> three points: (i) that an international legally binding
> instrument is needed to complement existing regulatory
> initiatives at national, regional and international levels;
> (ii) that the zero draft of the proposed instrument as well
> as the optional protocol provides a concrete basis for
> states to negotiate in good faith; and (iii) that there is
> sufficient legal basis to hold further sessions (including
> the Fourth Session) without a new resolution of the Human
> Rights Council.
>
>
>
> We are inviting scholars from all the over world to join
> this open letter to states to be released on Monday, 1
> October 2018. If you would like to sign the letter, please
> send an email to me – mentioning your name and your
> institutional affiliation – *latest by Friday, 28 September*.
>
>
>
> Kindly do not publish or post the letter before 1 October.
> You may though circulate within your networks to collect
> signatures.
>
>
>
> Apologies in advance for cross-posting.
>
>
>
> Best
>
> Surya
>
>
>
> -------------------------------
> Surya Deva
>
> Associate Professor
>
> School of Law, City University of Hong Kong
> 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
>
> Tel.: (852) 3442 7370
> Fax: (852) 3442 0190
>
> Skype: surya.deva
>
> Twitter: @ProfSuryaDeva <https://twitter.com/ProfSuryaDeva>
>
>
>
> /Building a Treaty on Business and Human Rights: Context and
> Contours
> <http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/human-rights/building-treaty-business-and-human-rights-context-and-contours?format=HB#HMZi06S2oKfkjSfR.97>
> /
>
> /Human Rights Obligations of Business: Beyond the Corporate
> Responsibility to Respect?/
> <http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/law/human-rights/human-rights-obligations-business-beyond-corporate-responsibility-respect>
>
> /Regulating Corporate Human Rights Violations: Humanizing
> Business /
> <http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415715270/>
>
> Some of Surya's papers are available on SSRN
> <http://ssrn.com/author=403831>
>
>
>
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