Canadian, US and other international civil society organizations welcome Infinito Gold’s announcement that it is calling it quits on its tortuous quest to open the Crucitas mine in Costa Rica in spite of the determined opposition of the Costa…
One year after the historic vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to create an intergovernmental working group (IGWG) to begin the process of negotiation for a UN Treaty on TNCs (June 2014), social movements returned to…
The power and impunity of the transnationals are stifling the voices of the world’s peoples (Harare, 9th of July 2015) La Via Campesina strongly decries the fact that international policies and legislative processes which supposedly are decided upon democratically and by…
When preparing the mandate for the negotiations on TTIP, and in the first important months of the talks themselves (January 2012 to February 2014), the European Commission’s trade department (DG Trade) had 597 behind-closed-door meetings with…
Social Movements Help the United Nations Human Rights Council to Stay the Course on Creating a Binding Treaty for Transnational Corporations July 10, 2015, Geneva – Dozens of organizations and social movements mobilized this week in Geneva…
The Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and End Impunity is organizing different activities inside and outside the United Nations Human Rights Council, where, in addition to the advocacy work within the UNHRC – like the 8 proposals officialy submitted…
GENEVA/ BRUSSELS, July 8 – The European Parliament today expressed its support for the TTIP trade negotiations between the European Union and the United States, while the EU delegation’s chair sat empty at negotiations on a legally…
Descargar: MP3 (8.2 MB) The Global Campaign to dismantle corporate power and end impunity organized on Tuesday a public debate about “alternatives for justice” at the United Nations Square, in Geneva, Switzerland. Social movements and organizations are gathering there…
In eight articles various cases are presented that aim to serve as tools of action for activists to use in their fight for justice against the systematic violation of human rights and other crimes committed by transnational corporations. …
United Nations Human Rights Council: Social Movements support a binding treaty that will create obligations for transnational corporations to respect human rights The Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity – a coalition of 190 social…
Public Control on Transnational Corporations & Extraterritorial Obligations: experiences of legal reforms at the national level Workshop Wednesday July 8th 2015 3pm-4:30pm Place des Nations – Permanent Tent (#OccupyUNsquare), Geneva While the first…
On the occasion of the 1st session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group mandated with the elaboration of an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, to be held…