COMMENT LES LOBBIES DES MULTINATIONALES MENACENT LE TRAITE CONTRAIGNANT DES NATIONS UNIES SUR LES MULTINATIONALES ET LES DROITS HUMAINS

The report argues that multinational corporations use lobbying networks like the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) to undermine the creation of a legally binding UN treaty on business and human rights. It documents environmental and human rights abuses by Chevron in Ecuador, Total in Uganda and Mozambique, and Shell in Nigeria, illustrating a systemic 'architecture of impunity'. The authors call for the exclusion of corporate lobbyists from UN negotiations to ensure the treaty prioritizes human rights over corporate profit.

• Multinational corporations utilize a 'meticulously constructed' architecture of impunity, employing legal loopholes, investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms, and lobbying networks to avoid accountability for human rights and environmental violations.
• Chevron is accused of causing massive environmental damage in the Ecuadorian Amazon, where a court found it intentionally dumped 71 million liters of oil residues and 64 million liters of crude oil between 1964 and 1990, leading to cancer rates three times the national average in the region.
• Total's operations in East Africa, including the East African Crude Pipeline (EACOP) and projects in Mozambique, are linked to forced displacements of over 100,000 people, land grabbing, and the use of militarized police forces to suppress resistance.
• Shell's activities in the Niger Delta have resulted in thousands of oil spills, destroying livelihoods and contaminating drinking water with carcinogens, while the company is accused of complicity in the execution of Ogoni leaders in the 1990s.
• The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) act as formal channels for corporate influence at the UN, with the ICC being the only NGO to hold observer status at the UN General Assembly.
• Corporate lobbyists have actively worked to replace binding international regulations with voluntary frameworks, such as the UN Guiding Principles (UNGP) and the Global Compact, which the report describes as 'powerless' and designed to protect corporate interests.
• The report argues that the current 'multi-stakeholder' approach to UN negotiations is a conflict of interest, as it allows the 'perpetrators' of human rights abuses to help write the rules for their own regulation.

APA

Soares, A., Borghi, D., Fandel, G., Paranhos, L., Butmeh, A., Mendes, E., Senna, J., Renaud, J., Fajardo, P., Morgantini, R., Mamlouk, R., Dufraing, S., & van Bokhorst, W. (2025). COMMENT LES LOBBIES DES MULTINATIONALES MENACENT LE TRAITE CONTRAIGNANT DES NATIONS UNIES SUR LES MULTINATIONALES ET LES DROITS HUMAINS. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/49-FoEI-Foxes-in-the-Henhouse-report-FR-hr.pdf

Chicago

Soares, Andressa, Danilo Borghi, Ghislaine Fandel, Letícia Paranhos, Abeer Butmeh, Erika Mendes, Juliana Senna, et al. COMMENT LES LOBBIES DES MULTINATIONALES MENACENT LE TRAITE CONTRAIGNANT DES NATIONS UNIES SUR LES MULTINATIONALES ET LES DROITS HUMAINS. Friends of the Earth International, 2025. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/49-FoEI-Foxes-in-the-Henhouse-report-FR-hr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{soares2025comment, author = {Soares, Andressa and Borghi, Danilo and Fandel, Ghislaine and Paranhos, Letícia and Butmeh, Abeer and Mendes, Erika and Senna, Juliana and Renaud, Juliette and Fajardo, Pablo and Morgantini, Raffaele and Mamlouk, Roula and Dufraing, Silke and van Bokhorst, Wilco}, title = {{COMMENT LES LOBBIES DES MULTINATIONALES MENACENT LE TRAITE CONTRAIGNANT DES NATIONS UNIES SUR LES MULTINATIONALES ET LES DROITS HUMAINS}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2025}, month = oct, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/49-FoEI-Foxes-in-the-Henhouse-report-FR-hr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }