El segundo borrador revisado del tratado vinculante de la ONU: «es como si perdiese su alma»

The Global Campaign for Reclaiming Peoples' Sovereignty, Dismantling Corporate Power and Ending Impunity criticizes the second revised draft of the UN binding treaty on transnational corporations (TNCs) for diluting its scope to all companies rather than focusing on TNCs. The campaign highlights the omission of human rights obligations for TNCs, the lack of international enforcement mechanisms, and the failure to address corporate capture and joint liability across global value chains. Furthermore, it argues that the COVID-19 pandemic prevents meaningful civil society participation, calling for inclusive consultations instead of formal negotiations for the sixth session of the Working Group.

• The Global Campaign expresses grave concern that the second revised draft of the UN binding treaty expands its scope to all companies without distinction. This is viewed as a dilution of the original purpose of the instrument and UNHRC Resolution 26/9, which specifically targeted companies with transnational activities.
• The campaign identifies several critical omissions in the draft treaty that were previously proposed by social movements, affected communities, and states. These include the lack of recognized human rights obligations for TNCs, the exclusion of global production chains, the absence of effective international legal enforcement mechanisms (such as an international court), and the failure to establish the primacy of international human rights norms over trade and investment agreements.
• The draft is criticized for failing to address 'corporate capture,' which the campaign describes as a central issue in the power imbalance between large TNCs and states, particularly in the Global South.
• The campaign notes that the draft fails to impose joint and several liability on all companies involved in a violation across the global value chain and weakens previous text regarding the responsibility of parent companies or controlling companies.
• The Global Campaign argues that the COVID-19 pandemic has created significant obstacles for the participation of civil society and affected communities in negotiations, including travel risks and the need to attend to local emergencies.
• Due to the pandemic's impact on social participation, the campaign asserts that conditions are not suitable for the sixth session of the Working Group to proceed in negotiation mode. They suggest alternative options, such as inclusive consultations on the new draft, to avoid compromising the legitimacy of the process.

APA

admin (2020). El segundo borrador revisado del tratado vinculante de la ONU: «es como si perdiese su alma». Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/el-segundo-borrador-revisado-del-tratado-vinculante-de-la-onu-es-como-si-perdiese-su-alma/

Chicago

admin. El segundo borrador revisado del tratado vinculante de la ONU: «es como si perdiese su alma». Friends of the Earth International, 2020. https://www.foei.org/es/el-segundo-borrador-revisado-del-tratado-vinculante-de-la-onu-es-como-si-perdiese-su-alma/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{admin2020segundo, author = {admin}, title = {{El segundo borrador revisado del tratado vinculante de la ONU: «es como si perdiese su alma»}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2020}, month = sep, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/el-segundo-borrador-revisado-del-tratado-vinculante-de-la-onu-es-como-si-perdiese-su-alma/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }