UN FORUM SERIES – business and human rights in investment treaties: what progress?

This post was contributed by Lorenzo Cotula, who leads the International Institute for Environment and Development’s work on Legal Tools for Citizen Empowerment. On 16-18 November, hundreds of delegates from government, business, NGOs and social movements will be in Geneva for the United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. The forum will provide an opportunity to take stock of progress made with implementing the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.