Statement from ATTAC – Argentina: “We denounce the ideological persecution and the attempt to intimidate us”
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TIME’S UP FOR CORPORATE PLUNDER OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES
Local communities from around the world, and particularly, the global south are saying enough is enough to the corporate plunder of our natural resources. Extractivism – the over-exploitation of natural resources through mining, intensive agriculture, large-scale fishing, logging…
European multipliers training on ISDS and corporate accountability
European multipliers training on ISDS and corporate accountability In early 2019, a large alliance of civil society organisations will start a European campaign to shift the position of the European Union on corporate rights and people’s rights. …
The shrinking space for solidarity with migrants and refugees
How the European Union and Member States target and criminalize defenders of the rights of people on the move Europe’s “refugee crisis” triggered a wave of solidarity actions by both civil society organisations and ordinary citizens. Their efforts…
ANALYSIS: Game-changing ConCourt judgment empowers communities – experts
The Constitutional Court had not even adjourned when the benches spontaneously erupted into song and dance; the sense of relief and victory was palpable as the Lesetlheng community celebrated their win. The morning of Thursday, October 24, 2018…
Declaration of the Global Campaign for the closing of the 4th session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights
Room XX – Palais des Nations – Geneva – 18 October 2018 Mr. President, The Global Campaign to reclaim peoples’ sovereignty, dismantle corporate power and stop impunity (Global Campaign), an international network of more than 250 members…
Video-documentations of the side events held on the week of peoples mobilisation (13-20 OCTOBER 2018, GENEVA)
“UN Binding Treaty: Reflections of the members of regional and national parliaments from Europe, Latin America and Asia” Click here to see the above Side Event details and speakers “Upholding the OEIGWG…
I was given 3 minutes to tell Asian and European leaders why we need profound change
At the Asia-Europe Meeting 12 of national leaders in Brussels on 18 October 2018, civil society was given 3 minutes to present the outcomes of the 12th Asia-Europe People’s Forum (AEPF), which took place in Ghent at the start of this…
Civil society united on next steps for IGWG on Transnational Corporations
Civil society members of the Treaty Alliance, The Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity, and Trade Unions proposal for the Conclusions and Recommendations of the Report of the 4th session of the open-ended intergovernmental working…
PRESS RELEASE – Record number of states attend start of UN negotiations for a treaty on transnational corporations and Human Rights
16 October 2018, Geneva: The Ground-breaking process aiming to bring transnational corporations to account for their human rights violations is increasingly catching the attention of UN member states delegates, civil society and peoples’ representatives worldwide. Members of parliaments…
SIDE EVENT: Affected communities and access to justice. The debate on the UN Binding Treaty on TNCs and Human Rights.
SIDE EVENT On the occasion of the fourth session of the UN Human Rights Council open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG), the Global Campaign to…
SIDE EVENT: Upholding the OEIGWG Mandate for the Legally Binding Instrument to regulate the activities of TNCs
SIDE EVENT On the occasion of the fourth session of the UN Human Rights Council open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG), the Global Campaign to…