African groups seek international tribunal for corporate abuses in Niger Delta

African groups seek international tribunal for corporate abuses in Niger Delta

African civil society organisations have cited the Niger Delta’s oil pollution crisis as evidence of corporate impunity, demanding a binding UN treaty and international tribunal to hold transnational corporations accountable for rights and environmental violations.

African activists demand global tribunal over corporate abuses

Civil society groups are pushing for a binding UN treaty to hold multinational companies accountable for environmental and human rights violationsAfrican civil society organizations have called for an international tribunal to prosecute corporate human rights and environmental abuses, citing decades of oil pollution in Nigeria's Niger Delta as a major example.The proposal was presented du

African Groups Seek International Tribunal for Corporate

African civil society organisations are demanding an international tribunal and a binding UN treaty to hold transnational corporations accountable for environmental and human rights violations.