Shaping the EU’s position on the UN binding instrument on business and human rights, in particular on access to remedy and the protection of victims

AdoptedReference A9-0421/2023Committee AFETForeign affairs

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How the groups voted

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The Left38

17012959%

S&D141

104053295%

Greens/EFA71

The European Parliament adopted by 426 votes to 43, with 86 abstentions, a resolution on shaping the EU’s position on the UN binding instrument on business and human rights, in particular on access to remedy and the protection of victims.The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted a resolution on 26 June 2014 establishing an open-ended intergovernmental working group (OEIGWG) to develop an international legally binding instrument (LBI) to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises. The OEIGWG, which has been chaired by Ecuador since its inception, has, to date, held nine sessions and a number of regional and other consultations with stakeholders, including from…