Published on 7 September 2018 in Client Alerts

A UN working Group issues draft binding international instrument on Business and Human Rights

In June 2014, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva adopted a resolution drafted by Ecuador and South Africa to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working group to elaborate an international legally binding instrument on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with respect to human rights.  Chaired by Ecuador, the intergovernmental working group (IGWG) has met three times (July 2015, October 2016 and October 2017).   Elements for a draft  legally binding instrument were issued by the Chair in September 2017, and a Zero Draft instrument and optional protocol were presented in July 2018 (a summary of the Zero Draft is available here).  A fourth IGWG session will be held in Geneva in October 2018.

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On 16 April 2025, Volterra Fietta held a virtual seminar entitled “Impacts of Tariffs on Supply Contracts: Key Legal Issues”.

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Ahmed Abdel Hakam speaks on panel with the Secretary General of the Arbitration Centre of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (“OIC”) during Paris Arbitration Week 2025

On 11 April 2025, Volterra Fietta Partner Ahmed Abdel Hakam spoke at a seminar hosted by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Arbitration Centre (“OIC”) during Paris Arbitration Week 2025.  The topic of the seminar was “Bridging the Gap: Streamlining Dispute Resolution for Investment and Trade in the OIC Member States”.

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Volterra Fietta Partner Ahmed Abdel Hakam represents the Ministry of Defence of Libya before the Italian Court of Appeal in a EUR 300 million dispute

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Robert Volterra and Florentine Vos publish Oxford University Press article

Volterra Fietta lawyers Robert Volterra and Florentine Vos published an article on the reparations judgment of the International Court of Justice in the Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo v Uganda) case.

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