A Step Along the Road to a Legally Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights

A Step Along the Road to a Legally Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights

August 6, 2018, Covington Alert

We reported following the 2017 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights on the progress of an international treaty on the subject. On 19th July 2018, the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group (OEIGWG) presented the draft text of a treaty to the High Commissioner for Human Rights (through the Permanent Mission of Ecuador, acting as Chair in the process).