[Dcpr] Open Letter on Business and Human Rights Treaty

[LB at lucabelli.net]

last attempt...
 
  I am resending this adding the attachment, hoping it will not be scraped by the mailing list sever
All the best
Luca
 
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Luca Belli, PhD 
Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation, FGV Rio de Janeiro Law School 
Chercheur Associé, Centre de Droit Public Comparé, Université Paris 2

www.internet-governance.fgv.br
@1lucabelli 

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--------- Original Message --------- Subject: Re: [Dcpr] Open Letter on Business and Human Rights Treaty
From: "Krzysztof Garstka" <kkg22 at cam.ac.uk>
Date: 9/27/18 11:32 am
To: LB at lucabelli.net

  Dear Luca,
 
Thank you for this - hope you're well. Could I ask you to add the attachment?
 
Best wishes,
 
Chris


  On Thu, 27 Sep 2018 at 16:15, <LB at lucabelli.net> wrote:
    Dear all, 
 Please find below a forwarded email from Surya Deva of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights. They are seeking signatures from academics (must have academic affiliation) for an open letter that aims to advance the zero draft of the  Business and Human Rights treaty. 
 If you or your colleagues have an interest in this particular initiative, please direct emails directly to Surya (see contact below) by 28 September. 
 All the best,
 Luca 
      
   Luca Belli, PhD
 Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation
 +55 21 3799 5763 t at 1lucabelli
 Praia de Botafogo, 190 13º andar
 Botafogo - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - CEP: 22250-900
  luca.belli at fgv.br
 internet-governance.fgv.br 
       
  
 
 
   De: Surya Deva [mailto:suryad at cityu.edu.hk] 
 Enviada em: quinta-feira, 27 de setembro de 2018 11:55
 Para: Luca Belli <luca.belli at fgv.br>
 Assunto: RE: Invitation to join an open letter to states re the BHR Treaty
 


 Dear Luca
  
 Please feel free to circulate to other academics who may be interested to join this letter. They should write to me (suryad at cityu.edu.hk) by Friday evening. Thanks in advance! 
  
 Should I add your name? pl let me know.  
  
 Best
 Surya 
  
                  
   Dear all 
  
 As you may know, an open-ended intergovernmental working group (OEIGWG) on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights - established by the UN Human Rights Council in June 2014 - is currently negotiating an international legally binding instrument:  https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/WGTransCorp/Pages/IGWGOnTNC.aspx The fourth session of the OEIGWG is scheduled for 15-19 October 2018 to discuss a zero draft of the proposed instrument as well as its optional protocol.
  
 I along with a few other scholars have drafted an open letter to states. Please see the attached letter. It makes three points: (i) that an international legally binding instrument is needed to complement existing regulatory initiatives at national, regional and international levels; (ii) that the zero draft of the proposed instrument as well as the optional protocol provides a concrete basis for states to negotiate in good faith; and (iii) that there is sufficient legal basis to hold further sessions (including the Fourth Session) without a new resolution of the Human Rights Council.
  
 We are inviting scholars from all the over world to join this open letter to states to be released on Monday, 1 October 2018. If you would like to sign the letter, please send an email to me - mentioning your name and your institutional affiliation - latest by Friday, 28 September. 
  
 Kindly do not publish or post the letter before 1 October. You may though circulate within your networks to collect signatures.  
  
 Apologies in advance for cross-posting. 
  
 Best
 Surya 
  
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 Surya Deva 
 Associate Professor
 School of Law, City University of Hong Kong
 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
 Tel.: (852) 3442 7370
 Fax: (852) 3442 0190
 Skype: surya.deva 
 Twitter: @ProfSuryaDeva
  
 Building a Treaty on Business and Human Rights: Context and Contours 
 Human Rights Obligations of Business: Beyond the Corporate Responsibility to Respect?
 Regulating Corporate Human Rights Violations: Humanizing Business 
 Some of Surya's papers are available on SSRN
 
 
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