normas para las empresas, derechos para los pueblos justicia económica resistencia al neoliberalismo

This fact sheet by Friends of the Earth International advocates for a legally binding UN treaty to regulate transnational corporations (TNCs) and end their impunity regarding human rights, environmental, and labor violations. It highlights specific cases in Latin America, Africa, and Asia where corporate power and investment treaties have been used to bypass national laws or obstruct justice for affected communities.

• The UN has begun negotiations through the Intergovernmental Working Group (IGW) to create a legally binding treaty on Transnational Corporations and other business enterprises regarding Human Rights, following a first session in 2015 and a second session in Geneva in October 2016.
• Transnational corporations use Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) and the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism to challenge public interest regulations and demand compensation in private tribunals.
• In Uruguay, Philip Morris used a BIT between Switzerland and Uruguay to challenge tobacco control legislation in the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), claiming 'indirect expropriation' of intellectual property rights.
• In Colombia, the 'El Cerrejón' open-pit coal mine—owned by Anglo American, Glencore Xstrata, and BHP Billiton—is accused of violating the right to water; the mine uses 17 million liters of water per day while local residents consume an average of only 0.7 liters per day.
• The November 2015 collapse of the Samarco iron ore tailings dam in Mariana, Brazil, involving shareholders Vale and BHP Billiton, resulted in 19 deaths, 1,265 people displaced, and the contamination of the Rio Doce across 35 cities in Minas Gerais and 4 in Espírito Santo.
• In Mozambique, the company Vale was granted a concession in Moatize in 2014, leading to the displacement of over 1,300 families into resettlement housing described as having leaks and no foundations.
• In Guatemala, the Spanish company Ecoener-Hidralia is identified as a primary cause of human rights violations since 2010 in Santa Cruz Barillas, including the political imprisonment of nine community leaders.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (2016). normas para las empresas, derechos para los pueblos justicia económica resistencia al neoliberalismo. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/foei-atalc-un-treaty-leaflet-2016-spanish-website.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. normas para las empresas, derechos para los pueblos justicia económica resistencia al neoliberalismo. 2016. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/foei-atalc-un-treaty-leaflet-2016-spanish-website.pdf.

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternational2016normas, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{normas para las empresas, derechos para los pueblos justicia económica resistencia al neoliberalismo}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2016}, month = sep, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/foei-atalc-un-treaty-leaflet-2016-spanish-website.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }