International Tables of Discussion

Human Rights Watch

Eni maintains an open dialogue with the non-governmental organisation, created in 1978 for the protection and promotion of human rights through awareness campaigns and investigation.
Based in New York, and with branches across the United States, in Europe, South Africa and Japan, the organisation's staff is made up of human rights experts, lawyers, journalists and university professors of varying provenance.
Every year Human Rights Watch publishes more than 100 reports and briefings of the state of human rights in around 90 countries, summarised in an annual "World Report".
The interlocutors of HRW are governments, the United Nations, regional groups such as the African Union, financial institutions and multinational corporations.
The organisation is supported by voluntary contributions from private individuals and foundations.

Business for Human Rights

Eni took part in the drafting of the "Human Rights impacts of oil pollution: Nigeria" report, which was published in September 2010. BHR operates as centre for information on the impact of business on human rights and provides information on more than 5000 companies in more than 180 countries.
BHR was established with the aims of:

• encouraging companies to respect human rights and to maximise their efforts in pursuit of such rights;
• providing information for companies, international organisations and NGOs;
• facilitating a balanced debate and exchange of information: companies are invited to respond to eventual accusations of inappropriate behaviour made by civil society.

The Resource Centre is an independent non-profit arm that operates in cooperation with various sections of Amnesty International and some of the world's leading universities (there are no Italian universities).
BHR has offices in the United Kingdom and the United States, and regional offices in India, Senegal, South Africa and Ukraine.

Global Compact

Eni is part of the Human Rights Working Group, created in 2006, which is tasked with providing the strategic input for the Global Compact's work in the area of human rights.

The Danish Institute for Human Rights

Eni is involved in the Human Rights and Business Project of the Danish Institute. The project focuses on research and support for companies in the field of human rights.
The methodology of the Human Rights Compliance Assessment was conceived to assist companies to understand their responsibilities with regard to human rights and makes it possible, through a self-evaluation guided by independent experts from the Danish Institute, to identify the behaviours and decisions that, in all areas of activity, can have an impact on the respect of human rights. Since 2008 6 self-evaluations have been completed in Algeria, Angola, Congo, Egypt, Kazakhstan and Nigeria.

Thanks to the HRCA Eni aims to achieve the dual objective of improving training of those who work in the field and to verify eventual areas of weakness.

IPIECA

IPIECA is the association of oil & gas companies that handles environmental and social issues. Created in 1974, following the launch of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), IPIECA is the only association dealing with environmental and social issues at a global level involving both upstream and downstream oil & gas companies.

The work of the association is divided among the internal Working Groups  that are able to exploit the knowledge and experience of companies and which operate with the support of a secretariat. IPIECA currently has the following working groups: biodiversity, climate change, health, oil spill preparedness, operations and fuels, reporting, social responsibility. To date, Eni has participated in the working groups looking at the issues of social responsibility (Human Rights Task Force) and biodiversity.

With three annual meetings, hosted in rotation by members and through constant communication, IPIECA keeps companies up to date on the most recent developments in this area.

Amnesty International
Since 2008 Eni and Amnesty International have been in constant dialogue, following the publication of "Nigeria: Petroleum, Pollution and Poverty in the Niger Delta" and Eni was involved in the drafting of the report responding to specific issues that emerged from the recommendations made by Amnesty. Eni and Amnesty have also established an inter-functional working group for the management of information and requests.

Amnesty International is a supranational non-governmental organisation that is committed to the protection of human rights. The aim of Amnesty International is to promote, in an independent and impartial manner, respect for human rights, as outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to prevent specific abuses.
Founded on 28 May 1961 by the British lawyer Peter Benenson, the organisation today has more than two million supporters residing in 140 countries.
In 1977 it was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and in 1978 received the United Nations Human Rights Prize.