A new study debunks eight falsehoods the mining corporation OceanaGold has used to try to justify mining in El Salvador and undermine public debate and policymaking. Vancouver-based Pacific Rim Mining, recently acquired by Australian-Canadian firm OceanaGold, has been trying to access…
Corporations, backed by lawyers, use international investment agreements to scavenge for profits by suing Europe’s crisis countries. While speculators making risky investments are protected, ordinary people have no such protection and – through harsh austerity policies – are being stripped…
At the UN Human Rights Council session in September 2013, Ecuador led a number of governments in issuing a statement in favour of a legally binding international instrument on business & human rights to be concluded within the UN system. The…
CULTURAL RIGHTS A publication of the CETIM human rights series 56 pagesISBN 978-2-88053-103-4 Number 15 (2013) The new publication of the Europe-Third World Centre (CETIM) human rights series on Cultural rights is out ! Cultural rights are a field…
In a new working paper, GPF’s Lou Pingeot discusses the influence of transnational corporations in the Post-2015 process. This working paper by Brot für die Welt, Global Policy Forum and Misereor provides an overview of the main corporate actors in…
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In its third annual ‘State of Power’ report, TNI uses dynamic infographics and penetrating essays to expose and analyse the principal power-brokers that have caused financial, economic, social and ecological crises worldwide. Download full report: State of Power 2014 (PDF,…
BY IVAN DU ROY With politicians showing unusual agreement among themselves and media focused on the “global” tribute to Nelson Mandela, there has been unanimous praise in France for the South African leader and the struggle against apartheid he embodied. However,…
Download the full report here: The recently concluded 9th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) has produced its first agreement since its establishment in 1995. Trade observers have been quick to call this a historic agreement but…
Study conducted by the Centro de Memória das Lutas e Movimentos Sociais da Amazônia. This document forms part of the issue Nº 79 of “Biodiversity, livelihoods and cultures” magazine, jointly published by GRAIN, World Rainforest Movement (WRM) and Friends of the…
The proposed EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP/TAFTA), and its socio-economic & environmental consequences A report by the Seattle to Brussels Network demystifies the alleged economic benefits of the deal and exposes how it could harm people, the environment…