Secondly, it was achieved by the EPP after breaking down the firewall with the far right to:

- shut down compromise with the centre left
- get their way

This alliance is putting the writing on the wall for other omnibuses ➡️ bulldozing protections for citizens & the environment

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#Omnibus #CSDDD

The've officially done it – the centre-right EPP has voted with the far-right to cut protections for human rights & nature, all to boost corporate profits

This is an extremely worrying sign for upcoming proposals to strip away more protections for climate, labour rights, privacy and more

#omnibus

Second are the difficulties accessing remedy by these abuses, including the economic power of these companies and the financial and legal obstacles to taking cases in their home countries. The result is corporate impunity, not justice, is the norm.

First, there are the human rights and environmental abuses by large companies against the world’s poorest and most marginalised citizens that attack their basic human dignity and ways of living.

This is a key measure to ensure justice for affected people and communities and to avoid big companies using complex corporate structures and outsourcing to evade responsibility.

Read here a fuller summary of Day 3’s proceedings: www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne... @trocaire.bsky.social

Day 3 saw protections against corporate capture come under concerted attack by petro-states and business reps and rich states seeking to limit the rights of victims.

As Quelvin noted, in Guatemala when TNCs face sanctions for human rights or environmental abuses, they run to international arbitration “to coerce the state into allowing them to continue” their harmful activities. Instead, all commercial agreements must respect rights and the planet.

Speaking about Article 14, Quelvin emphasised the importance of establishing that human rights take precedence over trade and investment agreements, particularly #ISDS.

More updates on Day 2 of the negotiations for a binding treaty: www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-ne...

Margarita called for all business and investment projects on indigenous territories to recognise the autonomy and right to free, prior and informed consent of indigenous peoples, and that all of our futures depend on no longer treating the Earth as a commodity but as a sacred being.