State Sovereignty

FES & SC Report, March 2026

The UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights: Regulating Corporate Power in the Era of Deregulation

South Centre and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Geneva Office Report, March 2026

By Daniel Fernando Uribe Terán

This study examines how the United Nations Legally Binding Instrument (LBI) serves as a vital tool to preserve state sovereignty and to ensure the primacy of human rights in the era of deregulation.

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SC & FES HRC61 Side Event, 26 March 2026

61st Session of the Human Rights Council Side Event:

Regulating Corporate Power in the Era of Deregulation: Launching the South Centre and FES 2026 Report for the UN Legally Binding Instrument

Co-organized by the South Centre and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Geneva Office

Date: 26 March 2026

Time: 12:00 – 13:00 CET

Venue: Room Concordia 1, Palais des Nations, Geneva

The South Centre, in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Geneva, is pleased to invite you to the launch of our new report The UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights: Regulating Corporate Power in the Era of Deregulation.

This study examines how the UN Legally Binding Instrument (LBI) serves as a vital tool to preserve state sovereignty and to ensure the primacy of human rights in the era of deregulation.

Join us in Geneva to discuss concrete solutions to “justice paralysis” and corporate impunity.

Light lunch will be provided after the event.

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