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…
Videos & Audios
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…
Holding Corporations Accountable for a Living Wage in the Garment Industry
While Global Transnational Corporations (TNCs) source more than 60% of the world garment production from Asia, the conditions of workers in the garment industry in Asia are amongst the worst in the world. Given the ability of TNCs to quickly move production…
Organizations and social movements push for legally binding treaty on corporations and human rights at the UN
Descargar: MP3 (15.1 MB) The Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity & for Peoples Sovereignty carried out on Thursday a side event at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. While the 32nd Session of…
Nothing to celebrate: Fifth anniversary of the “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights” – The urgency of a binding treaty
Descargar: MP3 (5 MB) This Thursday, the 32nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the “Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”, in Geneva, Switzerland. However, Friends of the Earth International considers there…
Recent Developments of the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power
Descargar: MP3 (9.1 MB) Real World Radio has interviewed Brid Brennan from the Transnational Institute (TNI) to discuss recent works of the UN Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) in Geneva, including side events of acknowledgement for Berta Caceres, and…
COP21- VIDEOS: indigenous resistance
International Rights of Nature Tribunal, Paris 5th Dec. 2015 – Fossil fuel extraction- presentations in English and Spanish The third International Rights of Nature Tribunal was held concurrently with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 21) in…
Pressure strengthened over binding treaty on corporations and human rights at the UN
A Friends of the Earth International´s delegation is present in Geneva, Switzerland, where the UN´s Human Rights Council is holding its sessions, aiming to urge several governments to participate in the intergovernmental panel of the Council to start defining…
Iron ore, journey with no return
From the Brazilian Amazon to the German automakers The production depicts in 28 minutes the daily life of the communities impacted by the Programa Grande Carajás (Great Carajás Programme), the world’s largest iron ore mining project in the…
Under the inluen$e: a film against TNC lobbying
UNDER THE INFLUEN$E raises one of the most important questions the American people have ever faced – has our democracy been stolen? Fusing secrecy with big money, global corporations and private interests have gradually gained control of our government…