On October 19, the launch of the 10th anniversary issue of the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch took place at Palais des Nations, in Geneva. Coordinated by FIAN International, co-organized by IBFAN and other CSOs and social movements,...
The Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with respect to human rights will meet for the 3rd time, from 23 to 27 October at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva. The IGWG had published earlier...
Released last August, the General Comment No. 24 (2017) adopted by the CESCR Committee provided an important clarification on State Obligations in reaction to the growing impact of business activities on the enjoyment of specific Covenant rights. After the Statement...
From May 15 to June 2, 2017, the Committee on the Rights of the Child held its 75th Session in Geneva, while the 61st Session of the Committee on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was held between May 29 and...
In May 2017, delegates from IBFAN-GIFA, Baby Milk Action/IBFAN UK and FIAN International advocated under IBFAN accreditation for increased corporate accountability and effective safeguards against the undue corporate influence in global health governance at the 70th World Health Assembly...
The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 74th Session in Geneva from January 16 to February 3, 2017, and reviewed the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 8 countries: Barbados, Central...
The rise in quantities of pesticides used over the past 50 years is indeed alarming. Infants and young children are among the most sensitive to pesticide exposures because of their early stages of development; their body organs and as...
From 13 to 30 September 2016, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 73rd Session in Geneva, while the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR Committee) held its 59th session from 19...
On 24 October 2016, the second session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises (IGWG) opened at the UN in Geneva. The Working Group was established in 2014 by Human Rights Council Resolution...
Geneva, July 10 — The first session of the historic United Nations negotiations towards a treaty on Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with regards to human rights concluded today, following five days of inspiring talks on the...
