• The sixth session will be webcast live in all UN languages through UN Web TV, and live audio stream will also be available

• Please consult the participation page for instructions on how to make interventions during the sixth session

• All participants (in-person and remote) are required to register through Indico

The first and second sessions of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG) were dedicated to conducting constructive deliberations on the content, scope, nature and form of a future international instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises.  During the third session, the Working Group discussed elements for a draft legally binding instrument prepared by the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the OEIGWG taking into consideration the discussions held during the first two sessions. During the fourth session, the Working Group’s discussions focused on a zero draft legally binding instrument, as well as a zero draft optional protocol to be annexed to the zero draft legally binding instrument. During the fifth session, a revised draft of the legally binding instrument served as the basis for negotiations.

Following the fifth session, the Permanent Mission of Ecuador, on behalf of the Chairmanship of the OEIGWG, prepared a second revised draft of the legally binding instrument. This draft will serve as the basis for negotiations during the sixth session of the OEIGWG, which is to take place from 26 to 30 October 2020 in Room XX, of the Palais des Nations (with an overflow room available in Room XVIII).

In-person participation is encouraged in light of the State-led direct substantive intergovernmental negotiations on the preparation of a third draft legally binding instrument during the working group’s sixth session. However, representatives of Member States as well as other stakeholders who are unable to attend the meeting in person will be able to participate remotely. A live webcast (in all UN languages) will be available through UN Web TV and a live audio stream will also be accessible.
Information on how to intervene remotely my be found on the sixth session participation page.

Please regularly consult this webpage: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/WGTransCorp/Session6/Pages/Session6.aspx, as more information will be posted as it becomes available. If you have any questions, please contact igwg-tncs@ohchr.org.