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On the occasion of the fourth session of the UN Human Rights Council open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG), the Global Interparliamentary and municipal representatives network supporting the establishment of a Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations with respect to Human Rights and the Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power organized a side event on:
Juliette Renaud
FOEI
Luis Gallegos
Representative Ecuador
Brid Brennan
Helmut Scholz
European Parliament
Judith Sargentini
European ParliamentÂ
 Dominique Potier
National Assembly France
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Floor
Monday 15th October 2018, Palais des Nations Unies, Geneva
Speakers:
Moderation : Brid Brennan (Transnational Institute)Juliette Renaud (Amis de la Terre France – Friends of the Earth International)
Parliaments have a legitimate and crucial role in the debate on the UN Binding Treaty on transnational corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with respect to human rights. From October 2017 to October 2018, 293 members of regional and national parliaments, as well as municipal authorities have endorsed when the Call of People's Representatives Worldwide for the UN Binding Treaty (https://bindingtreaty.org). In view of the paramount importance of the 4th Session of the OEIGWG on transnational corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, the Side Event will be an opportunity to hear the proposals and reflections of several members of the European Parliament as well as Parliaments of Latin America and Asia and debate on future joint initiatives.
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