In 2011, the Swiss Coalition for Corporate Justice (SCCJ, comprising over 50 NGOs) launched The Corporate Justice Campaign, calling on the Federal Council...and Parliament to “create the legal basis for companies headquartered in Switzerland to respect human rights and the environment throughout the world.”... [I]n September 2014, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Swiss Lower Chamber adopted a motion...demanding that the Federal Council draft a law requiring Swiss companies with overseas operations to undertake human rights and environmental due diligence...In a parliamentary debate this week, the Lower Chamber first accepted, then narrowly rejected the motion for the draft law, to the disappointment and frustration of the Coalition...While it is unclear how things will unfold, the Coalition has pushed the envelope on a subject that sits near the top of the global business and human rights agenda: how to ensure that companies be held accountable at home for corporate-related human rights violations that take place overseas, and how to prevent these violations in the first place.