Descargar: MP3 (5 MB) This Thursday, the 32nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”, in Geneva, Switzerland. However, Friends of the Earth International considers there…
On 3 June in the department of Tolima over 120,000 people mobilised for the 8th Great Carnival March. In the departments of Caquetá and Quindío there were also cultural demonstrations against large scale mining projects (part of the Colombian…
The time has come to unite our struggles in Southern Africa – the campaigns, networks, movements and organizations that are combating transnational corporations – the way they are exploiting our destinies, natural heritage and human rights, dismantling public…
Please share check at this link the contacts of the Colombian Government and send to them the letter below o a similar one Sir, Juan Manuel Santos – President of the Republic of Colombia Sir, Luis Perez Gutierrez – Governor of Antioquia…
A secret negotiation for a EU-Philippines FTA is a threat to access to medicines, fisheries, jobs, right to regulate and human rights claim Filipino trade campaigners during 1st round of negotiations in Brussels. Watch demonstration in Manila this…
Tomorrow, the 25st of May, is the day of the Annual meeting of Chevron’s shareholders in the United States. At this assembly, Humberto Piaguaje, coordinator of the UDAPT will present the map of 30+ environmental conflicts on 5 continents which…
Hearing at the European Parliament, Brussels Monday 30th May 2016 – 5 to 8 pm (Room PHS 5B001) The work of the UN Open Ended Inter-governmental Working Group (OEIGWG) developing a legally binding international instrument on Transnational Corporations…
Text: Ingrid Ferrari Translation: Judith Marshall “We are committed to building prosperity both with respect to people and to the environment.” According to the posting on the company web site, this is one of the principle…
On November 5th, 2015, Brazilians have been victims of the worst environmental crime in the country’s history with the collapse of the mining dam operated by Vale The millions of cubic meters of contaminated mud that overflowed the Doce riverbed…
April 29th –Today, the Ecuadorian government is required to pay $180 million to multinational oil corporation Occidental, the final payment of a total settlement of $980 million following the widely criticized decision of an Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)…
New EU proposal will perpetuate investors’ attacks on health and environment Report The European Commission says that its new investment proposal –the Investment Court System – will protect governments’ abilities to regulate on crucial matters such as…
Tegucigalpa 13-15 April: International Peoples´ Forum “Berta Caceres lives on” The situation in Honduras remains very serious. Fear and tension is breathed in the atmosphere since before the assassination of Berta Cáceres, but intimidation, threats and killings continue…