VIDEO: “HOW MUCH?”
On November 05th 2015 the lives of thousands of people was deeply violated after the collapse of the Samarco dam in Mariana. The MAB (Dams´ Victims Movement) held a demonstration that followed the reverse mud movement up…
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Resolution of the Catalan Parliament regarding a legislative framework of respect for human rights on the part of Catalan businesses operating abroad
Resolution of the Catalan Parliament regarding a legislative framework of respect for human rights on the part of Catalan businesses operating abroad approved at the Catalan Parliament on 3th November 2016 Download it here
BHP Billiton’s Brazil disaster a year on
MAX OPRAY One year after an iron ore tailings dam part-owned by BHP Billiton burst its banks, locals of a Brazilian village lament ruined livelihoods and uncertain health risks. When local surfer Leonardo Zorzal paddles out into…
NEW ANALYSIS: BIG POLLUTERS’ HAVE BACK-DOOR ACCESS TO UN CLIMATE TALKS
Infographic illustrates the stunning conflict of interest between business groups, UNFCCC BOSTON— Just one week before countries descend on Marrakech for the negotiations of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), a new infographic by Corporate Accountability…
Against the “lex mercatoria”. Proposals and alternatives for controlling transnational corporations
Juan Hernández Zubizarreta & Pedro Ramiro (OMAL, 2016) Operating and marketing contracts signed by large corporations, trade treaties and investment protection agreements negotiated between States, fiscal adjustment policies imposed by the International Monetary Fund, conditional loans granted by…
Week of Peoples Mobilisation in Geneva
Week of Peoples Mobilisation in Geneva (Switzerland) from 23th to 29th October FULL PROGRAMME STORIFY #BindingTreaty #StopTNCImpunity Violations of human rights and the rights of peoples and nature have become an all too common part of…
The right to health: The fight of indigenous and peasants for the future generations
Roundtable: The right to health: The fight of indigenous and peasants for the future generations The cases of Chevron and Syngenta Thursday 27th October 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Maison des associations – Room Wangari Muta Maathai 15,…
Territorial Peace and Land Grabbing in Colombia
Concepts of peace in dispute 30 September 2016 Article The end of Colombia’s armed conflict will not mean real peace if the neoliberal status quo persists. The peoples of Colombia have real solutions to the country’s environmental and social…
Doing without advice from Deloitte?
27 September by Jérôme Duval Nicknamed the “Big Four” Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young (EY), KPMG and Price Water House Coopers (PwC) are the big four audit firms that operate in concert as an inescapable cartel in the…
Brazil: Civil society calls on environmental commission not to grant operating license to TKCSA for operating illegally & human rights abuses
Document signed by 18 civil society organizations was sent to the State Commission for Environmental Control (Comissão Estadual de Controle Ambiental-Ceca) on 21 September 2016 not to grant an operating license ThyssenKrupp Companhia Siderúrgica do Atlântico (TKCSA)…
Interview with Ilham Rawoot ahead of the Peoples’ Tribunal in Swaziland
Descargar: MP3 (9.3 MB) The Peoples´ Tribunal on Transnational Corporations will take place in Manzini, Swaziland, from August 16-17, organized by the Southern Africa Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power. Real World Radio talked to the Campaign´s coordinator, Ilham…
The Peoples’ Tribunal on Transnational Corporations in Swaziland: the cases of Vale and Jindal in Mozambique
Descargar: MP3 (5.1 MB) The new Southern Africa Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power is organizing the Peoples’ Tribunal on Transnational Corporations, which is going to be held in the Bosco Skills Centre, in Manzini, Swaziland, on August 16th and…