Le changement de système, la résistance, la mobilisation et la fin de l’impunité des multinationales
Summary
Friends of the Earth International calls for a systemic shift away from corporate-led exploitation toward environmental and social justice. The organization advocates for a legally binding UN treaty to hold multinational corporations accountable for human rights and environmental violations across their entire value chains, proposing the creation of an international tribunal and the prioritization of human rights over investment agreements.
Key insights
- The document asserts that the climate and biodiversity crises result from a system that prioritizes multinational corporate profits over the environment and human rights, leading to the monopolization of land, territories, and water resources.
- Human rights and environmental defenders, particularly indigenous and peasant women, face systematic attacks, intimidation, and violence as part of a corporate strategy to maintain power and profit.
- Friends of the Earth International supports the negotiation of a legally binding UN treaty on transnational corporations and human rights (discussed in Geneva from October 14 to 19, 2019) to end corporate impunity and ensure access to justice.
- The organization proposes seven specific demands for the UN treaty: focusing on multinationals and their value chains; prioritizing human rights over trade and investment; establishing direct legal obligations for companies; holding companies responsible across their entire value chain (including subsidiaries and investors); creating an international tribunal for multinationals; recognizing the rights of affected communities to reparation and refusal; and protecting the treaty from corporate lobby influence.
Cite the original document
- APA
- admin (2019). Le changement de système, la résistance, la mobilisation et la fin de l’impunité des multinationales. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/fr/le-changement-de-systeme-la-resistance-la-mobilisation-et-la-fin-de-limpunite-des-multinationales/
- Chicago
- admin. Le changement de système, la résistance, la mobilisation et la fin de l’impunité des multinationales. Friends of the Earth International, 2019. https://www.foei.org/fr/le-changement-de-systeme-la-resistance-la-mobilisation-et-la-fin-de-limpunite-des-multinationales/.
- Wikipedia
- {{cite press release |last1=admin |title=Le changement de système, la résistance, la mobilisation et la fin de l’impunité des multinationales |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=16 October 2019 |url=https://www.foei.org/fr/le-changement-de-systeme-la-resistance-la-mobilisation-et-la-fin-de-limpunite-des-multinationales/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
- BibTeX
- @misc{admin2019changement, author = {admin}, title = {{Le changement de système, la résistance, la mobilisation et la fin de l’impunité des multinationales}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2019}, month = oct, url = {https://www.foei.org/fr/le-changement-de-systeme-la-resistance-la-mobilisation-et-la-fin-de-limpunite-des-multinationales/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
Full text
Collected · Record updated