UN Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts support UN tax treaty
On 16 November 2022, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on the “Promotion of inclusive and effective international tax cooperation at the United Nations”, presented by the African group. Four UN experts (*) said that “[the] resolution gives the UN General Assembly a mandate to hold intergovernmental talks on global tax reforms for all […]
Activities by Chinese companies have adverse human rights and environmental impacts in Latin American countries
On February 16th, 2023, the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) and the Collective on Chinese Financing and Investments, Human Rights and the Environment (Colectivo sobre Inversiones y Financiamiento Chinas, Derechos Humanos y Ambiente, CICDHA) – a collective of currently 12 Latin American civil-society organizations – presented a report to the UN Committee on Economic, […]
Unilateral sanctions impede the right to health abroad (UN Special Procedures)
On 14 February 2023, the UN Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights and the UN Independent Expert on human rights and international solidarity pointed out the adverse impacts of the United States’ sanctions against Iran on the right to health of patients, in Iran, […]
By Civil Society
ETOs in different contexts
ETOs apply to many (policy) areas and contexts. Already in 2014, the ETO Consortium published two brochures. The first one is on Extraterritorial Obligations in the Context of Eco-destruction and Climate Change, prepared by Greenpeace and the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), both members of the ETO Consortium. The second one is entitled Extraterritorial […]
12 Policies & 14 Misconceptions
The following two publications have been produced by the ETO Consortium Secretariat. The content does not necessarily reflect the views of the ETO Consortium as such or of its members; the responsibility is with the author who tried to capture many discussion inside and outside the ETO Consortium. When discussing ETOs with States – but […]
CESCR General Comment on Land
The CESCR publishes its latest General Comment (No. 26) on land and economic, social and cultural rights. End of January 2023, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) issued General Comment No. 26 (2022) on land and economic, social and cultural rights, aiming “to clarify States’ obligations regarding the access to, use […]
Handbook and Toolkit
The handbook and the toolkit on how to monitor States’ compliance with their human rights obligations beyond their own territory aim at strengthening peoples’ struggles. The handbook and toolkit “Human Rights Beyond Borders: How to Hold States Accountable for Extraterritorial Violations” aims to serve as a practical guide for human rights advocates and social movements […]
