STOP IMPUNITY! AND Dismantle power corporate

The Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity argues for a legally binding UN treaty to end the impunity of transnational corporations (TNCs). The submission proposes that TNCs be held civilly and criminally liable for human rights and environmental violations, including through shared liability for subsidiaries and subcontractors. It calls for the recognition of the hierarchical superiority of human rights over trade and investment treaties, the codification of states' extra-territorial obligations, and the creation of international enforcement bodies, including a World Court on TNCs and Human Rights. The document also highlights the role of international financial institutions like the IMF and World Bank in facilitating corporate impunity through structural adjustment policies.

• Transnational corporations (TNCs) often evade legal responsibility through complex structures and the use of subsidiaries, subcontractors, and licensees, creating a significant gap in international human rights law.
• The proposed international instrument should mandate that TNCs respect all human rights, including the right to a healthy environment, and hold them accountable for violations committed via complicity, negligence, or omission.
• States must be required to regulate the extra-territorial activities of TNCs based in their territory to ensure access to justice for victims abroad.
• International human rights laws must be established as hierarchically superior to trade and investment norms to prevent investor-state arbitration tribunals from undermining public interest and human rights measures.
• The treaty should establish the civil and criminal liability of both TNCs and their executives, applying the principle of shared liability to subsidiaries, suppliers, and financing entities like banks and pension funds.
• International financial institutions, specifically the IMF and World Bank, are cited as contributors to corporate impunity through structural adjustment policies that force states to deregulate and open markets to TNCs.
• The submission proposes the creation of three international bodies: a compliance oversight body, a Public Centre for the Control of TNCs, and a World Court on TNCs and Human Rights to judge corporate and environmental crimes.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (2015). STOP IMPUNITY! AND Dismantle power corporate. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CampaignSubmission-EN-jul2015-PRINT.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. STOP IMPUNITY! AND Dismantle power corporate. 2015. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CampaignSubmission-EN-jul2015-PRINT.pdf.

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BibTeX

@misc{friendsoftheearthinternational2015stop, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{STOP IMPUNITY! AND Dismantle power corporate}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2015}, month = jun, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/CampaignSubmission-EN-jul2015-PRINT.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }