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Chris O'Connell

@chris-oconnell.bsky.social

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Chris O'Connell @chris-oconnell.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Very grateful to those @nearfm.ie for the opportunity to discuss important #BusinessandHumanRights issues that are impacting us in Ireland as well as @trocaire.bsky.social partners in the Global South, including #CSDDD and #CETA. Listen to the full interview here: listenagain.org?p=58616

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Chris O'Connell @chris-oconnell.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

On Day 4 of the negotiations for a #bindingtreaty for #businessandhumanrights @trocaire.bsky.social partner Udiel Miranda, Director of COPAE Guatemala, called on states to support the Chair's proposals for joint and several liability all corporate actors involved in human rights violations.

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Chris O'Connell @chris-oconnell.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

"Where is Ireland?" At the end of Day 3 of the negotiations in Geneva for a #bindingtreaty on #businessandhumanrights I asked Brid Brennan of the @tninstitute.bsky.social about Ireland's notable absence from the proceedings.

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Chris O'Connell @chris-oconnell.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

On Day 3 of the negotiations for a #bindingtreaty on #businessandhumanrights at the UN in Geneva, we heard a powerful intervention by @trocaire.bsky.social partner the Xinka Parliament's legal advisor Quelvin Jiménez.

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Chris O'Connell @chris-oconnell.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

As the negotiations for a #bindingtreaty on #businessandhumanrights heads into Day 3, Susana Hernandez of @cidse.bsky.social summarises the first 2 days of the session, where oil-rich Gulf States have been to the fore in defending trade and investment agreements. @trocaire.bsky.social

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Chris O'Connell @chris-oconnell.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

On Day 2 of the 11th Session of negotiations for a #bindingtreaty on #businessandhumanrights, the delegates heard the powerful opening statement from Margarita Domingo, Mayan indigenous woman representing @trocaire.bsky.social partner the Council of Mayan Peoples, which generated applause.

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Chris O'Connell @chris-oconnell.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Happy to be here at the United Nations in Geneva in the company of @trocaire.bsky.social partners from Guatemala for the 11th Session of negotiations for a #bindingtreaty on #BusinessandHumanRights.

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Chris O'Connell @chris-oconnell.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Don't miss enviro defenders from Colombia to Ireland, with River Guardians. Panel discussion: can rights of nature make a difference? All welcome at a special event in Tailors' Hall, Dublin on Thursday 22 May. Register now! www.eventbrite.ie/e/river-guar... #EnvironmentalJustice #biodiversityweek

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