Our network focuses on the rights of impacted people around the world and on ensuring that companies are required to respect those rights.
Part of the reason this is important is that the international system right now allows companies to operate with virtual impunity. We see people around the world being harmed on a regular basis. This has been going on for a really long time. It's borne out in our membership. Several of our members don't necessarily work on corporate accountability or business and human rights, and they found that when they were trying to work on international development projects, on women's rights' issues, on environmental protection, the lack of corporate accountability was getting in the way of those other goals.