7th -8th January 2020 – Jakarta, Indonesia

This key conference brought together representatives of a range of organisations and movements from Indonesia and from across Asia who are working on the Legally Binding Instrument on Business Activities and Human Rights.

Participants included:  – Indonesia for Global Justice (IGJ);  KruHA; Walhi; Lokataru Foundation;  KIARA: INFID; FIAN Indonesia;  JATAM;  from Indonesia and Focus on Global South; Tebtebba; ATM; THIRD WORLD NETWORK; World March of Women Phillipine from other parts of Asia

We agreed a submission to the important ongoing negotiations.

The submission was sent to United Nations Secretariat in Geneva following the fifth session of the Open-Ended Intergovernmental Working Group (OEIGWG)

The annex responds to the discussion of the 2019 draft text from the fifth session of OEIGWG in Geneva. It paid special attention to the contribution made by Non-Aligned Movement (Grouping), and support the NAM Grouping in negotiation of the text of the Legally Binding Instrument

Please read the letter and the supporting annexe

In addition the conference has enabled stronger linkage between international, national and grassroots level organisations on these key issues. It has also enabled local issues to be ‘amplified’ within this global campaign.