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On the occasion of the 5th session of the UN Human Rights Council open-ended intergovernmental working group OEIGWG, the Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity organised a side event on:"Experiences of international litigation:Lessons learnt for the legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and human rights" Thursday 17th october 2019Palais des Nations Unies, Geneva
Micòl SaviaIADL
Pablo FajardoUDAPT
Dickens KamugishaAFIEGO
Jan FermonIADL
Moisés BorgesMAB
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During this side event, lawyers shared their experiences on several emblematic cases that have marked the search for access to justice in different courts and tribunals, including international litigation. These cases allow us to have a horizon of experiences of good practices and challenges encountered, which contribute to the definition of the needs and demands that must be met in the construction of a binding instrument that can respond to these realities.
Panel speakers:
Pablo FajardoUDAPT (Unión de Afectados por Chevron-Texaco), Ecuador:Chevron/Texaco case: more than 25 years waiting for justiceDickens KamugishaAFIEGO (Africa Institute for Energy Governance), Uganda: Total in Uganda: first case using the French law on duty of vigilanceJan FermonLawyer, IADL (International Association of Democratic Lawyers) Belgium: Asbestos multinational Eternit caseMoisés Borges de Oliveira e SilvaMAB (Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragens), Brazil: Rio Doce case: Vale mining dam collapse Manoela RolandHOMA (Centro de Direitos Humanos e Empresas):Lessons learnt for the Revised draftModerator:
Micòl SaviaIADL (International Association of Democratic Lawyers)
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