Are the Principles intended to become a binding international treaty?
Any treaty takes years of drafting and education before becoming binding international law. Therefore, if the Norms are to become a treaty it will take many more years of working through the UN system as the Norms are a relatively new initiative. It is extremely important to note, however, that the main goal of this project is to pull together international human rights standards which are applicable to activities of businesses and then begin to provide for enforcement. Enforcement can come through many mechanisms other than a treaty. For example, the Commission on Human Rights could establish a working group, group of experts, or Special Rapporteur to receive complaints of businesses which violate the Norms. The Norms could be used by the UN, its specialized agencies, and others to determine what goods and services they use and which partnerships they develop. These and many other methods of implementation should be considered, developed, and implemented in the immediate term, without
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