¿Porqué teme la Unión Europea el establecimiento de un tratado vinculante sobre empresas transnacionales con respecto a los derechos humanos?

The statement by Friends of the Earth International argues that the European Union is delaying and undermining the UN process to establish a legally binding treaty for transnational corporations. While civil society and many Global South nations support the treaty to end corporate impunity for human rights and environmental abuses, the EU has historically opposed the resolution and recently sought to restrict the intergovernmental working group's mandate. The author advocates for a 'Zero Draft' that includes civil and criminal liability for companies, supply chain transparency, and the primacy of human rights over trade agreements.

• The European Union has adopted an obstructionist stance toward the UN treaty process, including not attending initial 2015 talks and recently requesting a new resolution to restrict the intergovernmental working group's mandate, which would risk reversing four years of progress.
• Friends of the Earth International asserts that for the treaty to be effective, it must establish civil and criminal liability for corporations and their directors, ensure supply chain transparency to prevent the evasion of responsibility, and create an international human rights court for affected parties.
• The proposed treaty should ensure that human rights take precedence over trade agreements, provide compensation for affected communities, protect land defenders, and prevent international financial institutions from acting with impunity when funding destructive projects.
• Despite the EU's block position in Geneva, some European states like France and Switzerland are making progress in implementing national laws that impose legal obligations on transnational companies to avoid human rights and environmental damage in their supply chains.

APA

admin (2018). ¿Porqué teme la Unión Europea el establecimiento de un tratado vinculante sobre empresas transnacionales con respecto a los derechos humanos? Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/es/porque-teme-la-union-europea-el-establecimiento-de-un-tratado-vinculante-sobre-empresas-transnacionales-con-respecto-a-los-derechos-humanos/

Chicago

admin. ¿Porqué teme la Unión Europea el establecimiento de un tratado vinculante sobre empresas transnacionales con respecto a los derechos humanos? Friends of the Earth International, 2018. https://www.foei.org/es/porque-teme-la-union-europea-el-establecimiento-de-un-tratado-vinculante-sobre-empresas-transnacionales-con-respecto-a-los-derechos-humanos/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=admin |title=¿Porqué teme la Unión Europea el establecimiento de un tratado vinculante sobre empresas transnacionales con respecto a los derechos humanos? |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=11 July 2018 |url=https://www.foei.org/es/porque-teme-la-union-europea-el-establecimiento-de-un-tratado-vinculante-sobre-empresas-transnacionales-con-respecto-a-los-derechos-humanos/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{admin2018porqu, author = {admin}, title = {{¿Porqué teme la Unión Europea el establecimiento de un tratado vinculante sobre empresas transnacionales con respecto a los derechos humanos?}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2018}, month = jul, url = {https://www.foei.org/es/porque-teme-la-union-europea-el-establecimiento-de-un-tratado-vinculante-sobre-empresas-transnacionales-con-respecto-a-los-derechos-humanos/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }