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Inside the UN Fight Against Corporate Impunity

Abby Martin interviews Ecuador's United Nations representative and Chair of negotiations creating a new international instrument to hold transnational corporations accountable for human rights and environmental crimes. Transnational corporations--many with larger economies than the countries they operate in--have enjoyed immunity from charges for destroying the environment and taking human lives. But Ecuador is leading a fight in the UN to create an international treaty and standards that can change this equation.

English
  • Originally Aired July 29, 2016
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network YouTube
  • Created September 1, 2018 by
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