Human Rights Council: Resolution on International Business Needs Strengthening – Passion of the Present

Human Rights Watch and 4 other civil society organizations issued a joint statement today about an upcoming vote by the United Nations Human Rights Council on a resolution concerning human rights challenges confronting transnational corporations and the governments where they are based and work. Human Rights Watch stated its concern that if the Council adopts the draft resolution without addressing several major shortcomings, it will have failed in its fundamental mission to advance the protection of human rights.

(Geneva) – The following statement was issued today by 5 civil society groups, including Human Rights Watch, about an upcoming vote by the United Nations Human Rights Council on a resolution concerning human rights challenges confronting transnational corporations and the governments where they are based and work: