El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom
On 29th March 2017 legislators in El Salvador approved a blanket ban on all metal mining activities in the country – the first country in the world to do so. The historic vote came just six months…
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Permanent Peoples Tribunal (PPT) on the Violations with Impunity of the Human Rights of Migrant and Refugee Peoples
Permanent Peoples Tribunal (PPT) on the Violations with Impunity of the Human Rights of Migrant and Refugee Peoples Save the Date: Launch PPT in Barcelona on July 7-8, 2017 REGISTER HERE SIGN-ON With this…
Friends of the Earth International demands UN Human Rights Council to put pressure on Israel and to condemn human rights violations on the 50th year of Israeli occupation of Palestine
MP3 (4.2 MB) On June 5th, 1967, Israeli military forces attacked Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Jordan armies, in what was the beginning of the “Six-Day War” which resulted in the Israeli seizure of East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza…
SIDE-EVENT – The risks of corporate power concentration to human and peoples’ rights: the need for a Binding Treaty
SIDE EVENT On the occasion of the 35th session of UN Human Rights Council, Friends of the Earth International, Corporate Accountability International, Transnational Institute, La Via Campesina, Europe Third World Centre (CETIM) and Human Rights and Business…
Chevron: Call on the Swiss National Bank
CALL UPON THE SWISS NATIONAL BANK TO VOTE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF CHEVRON ON MAY 31st, 2017 On the basis of the anti-Chevron campaign, several Swiss organizations have launched a call to the Swiss National Bank…
Is international investment law moving the ball forward on IHRL obligations for business enterprises?
by Anil Yilmaz-Vastardis The question of whether businesses are subjects of international law in the absence of express treaty provisions to that effect, and thus can have IHRL obligations, receives mixed answers from legal scholars. Rights granted to…
Our food is not your business
Alternatives to unsustainable livestock and feedstock farming and the current corporate free trade model This briefing paper aims to contribute to the many ongoing efforts, actions, and discussions on alternatives to industrial livestock production, whether local, specific or…
ADB in Bangladesh: More Than Four Decades of Pillage & Devastation
8 May by Hasan Mehdi Since then (till 2016) Asian Development Bank (ADB) has contracted 259 loans, 411 technical assistance programmes and 45 grant based projects. It has invested around 1459 billion takas (BDT) equivalent to 18.230 billion US$.…
Environmental Groups Condemn Chevron Before U.S. Supreme Court for Faking Evidence in Pollution Case
Amazon Defense Coalition (ADC) 3 May 2017 – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Steven Donziger at sdonziger@donzigerandassociates.com Washington, DC – Leading civil society groups have submitted two briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court blasting Chevron and its law firm Gibson…
Nigerian community sues Italian oil giant ENI
The Ikebiri community, from Bayelsa state, Nigeria, have launched an unprecedented legal case against the Italian oil giant ENI today seeking clean-up of, and compensation for damages from, an oil spill which has affected their community in the Niger…
INSIDE JOB: BIG POLLUTERS’ LOBBYISTS ON THE INSIDE AT THE UNFCCC
The report peels back the curtain on just six of the more than 270 Business/Industry NGOs non-governmental organizations (BINGOs) currently admitted to the climate talks: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Mining Association, Business Roundtable, FuelsEurope, Business Council of Australia,…
ADB and Hydropower Project in Nepal
A case study of Tanahu Hydropower Project 27 April by Ratan Bhandari The Project is situated on Seti river of Vyas municipality near Damauli, the district headquarter of Tanahun (150 km west from capital city Kathmandu).…