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…
Coca-Cola’s Conduct in India Violate Fund’s Ethical Guidelines For Immediate Release July 1, 2015 San Francisco: Activists from India and Norway are calling on Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global – the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund – to exclude…
Written contribution of the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity to the first session of the intergovernmental working group mandated with the elaboration of an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations (TNCs) and other…
From 6 to 10 July 2015, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will convene an unprecedented process that has the potential of providing new avenues for access to justice for communities affected by human rights violations committed by…