February 12, 2020 Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) We welcome this long-delayed UN list of complicit companies. Some major firms involved with illegal settlements are not in the database and must be added. All these companies must●●●
BNC Statement: Release of long-delayed UN settlement database significant step towards holding Israel accountable
Global Campaign
Total in court for human rights violations in Uganda: Historic hearing in France under the duty of vigilance law.
Friends of the Earth
The first court hearing under the French law on corporate duty of vigilance between Friends of the Earth France, Survie, four Ugandan organizations and the oil giant Total (1) took place on 12 December 2019 at the High Court●●●
PRESS RELEASE: “Historic process continues at the UN: This week states enter substantive negotiations of the text of a binding treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights”
Global Campaign
Historic process continues at the UN: This week states enter substantive negotiations of the text of a binding treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights 14 October 2019, Geneva: The United Nations (UN)●●●
Violations of workers’ rights: landmark indictment of SAMSUNG France for misleading advertising
ActionAid
Paris, July 3rd, 2019 – After an epic judicial procedure initiated by Sherpa and ActionAid France more than 6 years ago, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS France SAS has been indicted on misleading advertising. SAMSUNG displays ethical commitments on workers’ rights that●●●
On the day of the Shareholders’ Meeting, Vale’s headquarters dawns with a memorial for the victims of Brumadinho
International Coordination of the Affected by Vale
By Daniela Fichino The installation was made by the Alliance of People Affected by Vale, which also participates in the meeting to expose to shareholders practices of violations and mismanagement of the company. Rio de Janeiro – The●●●
La Vía Campesina supports the National Strike for Peace with Social Justice in Colombia
La Vía Campesina
(Harare, 25 April 2019) La Vía Campesina stands in support of the organized sectors of Colombian society mobilizing this 25th of April, in a National Peasant, Indigenous, Afro-descendent, Worker and Popular Strike. The strike is being organized to●●●
April 17th, 2019 – “The Declaration on Peasants’ Rights should become a political tool for Agrarian Reform and Social Justice”
La Via Campesina
Press Release – La Vía Campesina. (Harare, April 17th, 2019) Today, April 17th, 2019, the International Day of Peasants’ Struggle, the member organisations of La Via Campesina are reaffirming the Declaration on Peasants’ Rights as a political tool●●●
