From 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm - Room Erignac - 13, rue de l'Université Paris 7e
The Embassy of Ecuador in France, IDDRI and the Observatoire politique de l’Amérique latine et des Caraïbes (OPALC - Political Observatory of Latin America and the Carribean) organize a conference with Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of the Republic of Ecuador.
Introduction and facilitation: Teresa Ribera, Director, IDDRI
In 2013, Ecuador and South Africa presented a project for the development of a binding international instrument to regulate corporate activity with respect to human rights. This process, which is complementary to efforts aimed at strengthening national legal frameworks and at guaranteeing fundamental human rights, could be a crucial step towards greater international justice.
Globalisation, climate change, inadequate access to natural resources and difficulties obtaining redress when certain human rights are not respected all increase the need for a regulatory framework to ensure international justice. The question of growing vulnerabilities in the future and the international response required is a key challenge for the coming decades.
Prior to the 3rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group, which will be held in October to examine the first proposal to draft the treaty, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility and Chair of the Working Group, will come to France to present the initiative by Ecuador and South Africa.
The conference will be held in French.
Registrations closed.
