[governance] Open Letter on Business and Human Rights Treaty

Thu Sep 27 11:43:10 EDT 2018

 I am resending this adding the attachment, hoping it will not be scraped by the mailing list sever
All the best
Luca

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Luca Belli, PhD 
Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, FGV Rio de Janeiro Law School 
Chercheur Associé, Centre de Droit Public Comparé, Université Paris 2

www.internet-governance.fgv.br
@1lucabelli 

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--------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [governance] Open Letter on Business and Human Rights Treaty
From: "Niels ten Oever" <lists at digitaldissidents.org>
Date: 9/27/18 11:25 am
To: governance at lists.riseup.net, suryad at cityu.edu.hk

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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