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15 Feb 2016

Author:
Irit Tamir & Judy Beals, Oxfam America

Puvan Selvanathan's resignation from UN Working Group a wake-up call, says Oxfam America

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The announcement has left much of the community shell-shocked since, primarily due to the scathing letter of resignation he wrote and released publicly in conjunction with his departure. His letter reprimanded the United Nations and its member states, pointing to serious flaws in the Working Group’s mandate... His letter should serve as a wake-call to those of us in the business and human rights community to step up our fight... For Oxfam, that means continuing to offer pragmatic solutions that provide communities with the opportunity to assert their rights when it comes to corporate abuses... We’ll offer carrots to those that lead and sticks for those that fall behind. We’ll call on governments to protect citizens and to regulate private sector practices. And we’ll continue to place our bets on the unstoppable force that matters most: citizens and communities raising their voices and demanding their fundamental human rights.