WIDE Austria has elaborated a proposal to serve as a basis for the comprehensive improvement of the monitoring and reporting methods of CEDAW members by proposing a General Recommendation on “Women’s Rights and International Development Policy”. WIDE Austria has criticized…
Read More A recommendation for CEDAW on gender and development policy by WIDE Austria
The UNHRC Inter-governmental Working Group (IGWG) has been given a mandate by UN members to develop a UN binding Treaty on TransNational Companies (TNCs) and Human Rights. The IGWG has had its first working session between 6-10 July in Geneva, Switzerland.…
Read More WIDE+ joins collective demand for a UN binding Treaty on Transnational Companies
26 June, 2015 Transnational companies are not accountable to binding treaties for their role in human rights abuses, while some private sector actors are responsible for a range of systemic human rights abuses. At the same time the push for…
