ETOs - for human right beyond borders

At its 40th Session, held in Geneva from February 25 to March 22, the UN Human Rights Council adopted the Final Report of the Universal Periodical Review (UPR) Working Group on China. China had participated in the third cycle of the UPR which took place in November 2018. The report contains two recommendations related to the extraterritorial obligations (ETOs) of China which have been made during the UPR and accepted by the State.

China accepted to «promote measures that ensure that...

The 4^th session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group (OEIGWG) on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights took place from the 15-19 October. The session evolved around the negotiation of a “zero draft” legally binding instrument as well as a draft optional protocol presented by the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the working group prior to the session. The session therefore represented the first moment of negotiations in the process, with...

During its 64^th session, the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) reviewed the 6^th periodic report of Germany. In its concluding observations, the CESCR made several recommendations pertaining to Germany’s ETOs.

The Committee is concerned at the exclusively voluntary nature of the corporate due diligence obligations set out in the German National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights regarding respect for human rights and the lack of monitoring mechanisms in this regard...