Ms Gabriela Quijano:

There is a provision currently in the draft legally binding instrument that addresses people living in vulnerable situations. It includes such groups as rights holders living in situations of conflict and occupation. In those cases, companies should do enhanced or more rigorous due diligence. That is what we have got so far. It is quite a difficult provision to have and retain, and it remains contested. As Dr. O'Connell said, we need more support.

There was an attempt initially to have companies expressly required to comply with international humanitarian law but there was a lot of push-back, particularly by the industry lobby. It did not make the more recent iterations of the draft but we would like to see that be reintroduced in the draft treaty.