PRESS RELEASE Global South states and civil society keep up momentum to regulate transnational corporations under international human rights law 2 November, Geneva: From 25 to 29 October United Nations member states continued the negotiations to elaborate an international Legally…
PRESS RELEASE States resume historic UN negotiations amidst growing consensus on the need for binding regulations on transnational corporations and human rights 25 October 2021, Geneva: Today, United Nations member states resume negotiations in the seventh session of the Open-ended…
Source: ENCO 4 October 2021 The report “Invisible hands?European corporations and the deforestation of the Amazon and Cerrado biomes” offers a survey of the involvement of European firms – including banks – at different stages of the supply chain…
[PDF Version] Press Release 30 june 2021 Another step toward opaque undemocratic trade: EU Commission will propose to split the already problematic EU-Mexico trade agreement Information on an EU Commission proposal that has been leaked to…
Source: UDAPT – UNION OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY TEXACO’S OIL OPERATIONS 16th February 2021 Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the 1st judgement declaring Chevron-Texaco guilty for its crime in the Ecuadorian Amazon Press release …
16 December 2020 Source: A Planeta A Planeta together with IberTrolas, which have been following Iberdrola for years where its headquarters are located, the Basque Country, together with the Mexican Regional Movement for the Defense of Water and…
DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION Chevron’s Impunity in Ecuador: Urgent Call from International Civil Society Press Release December 11, 2020 In solidarity with tens of thousands of people affected by the biggest environmental disaster that has hit the Ecuadorian Amazon, more…
PRESS RELEASE DESPITE COVID-19 LIMITATIONS CIVIL SOCIETY DRIVES MOMENTUM FOR THE HISTORIC UN TREATY ON TRANSNATIONALS AND HUMAN RIGHTS 3 November, Geneva The sixth round of negotiations of the United Nations (UN) Open Ended Inter-governmental Working Group (OEIGWG) mandated…
28th October 2020 Source: Asia Task Force on the Legally-Binding Instrument (ATF) Amidst the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the negotiations towards a legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises and human rights…
PRESS RELEASE Historic process continues at the UN: States resume substantive negotiations on the text for a binding treaty on transnational corporations with respect to human rights 28 October 2020, Geneva: Amidst the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, the United…
Source: La Via Campesina 16 October 2020 “Food Sovereignty is the flame that will show us the way”, insists La Via Campesina as it marks #16October in a pandemic year PRESS STATEMENT: 16 October 2020, International Day…