The future of business and human rights: theoretical and practical considerations for a UN treaty

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1. The government of Ecuador made one of the first declarations proposing a legally binding international instrument on business and human rights to be concluded within the UN system. The declaration was joined by the African Group, the Arab Group, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan, Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Peru. The representative for the government of Ecuador made this declaration at the UN Human Rights Council’s 24th session in September 2013 with the declaration titled ‘Transnational Corporations and Human Rights’: see, Republic of Ecuador, ‘Statement on Behalf of a Group of Countries at the 24rd Session of the Human Rights Council’, September 2013. https://www.business-humanrights.org/sites/default/files/media/documents/statement-unhrc-legally-binding.pdf