THURSDAY 10th October University of Geneva, UNI-MAIL, SALLE MR070 (Boulevard du Pont d’Arve, 40, Tramway 15, Stop UNI-MAIL) Opening evening of the Week of Peoples mobilisation Let’s decolonise (2nd edition) This is our response to…
Demand #5: An International Court for Transnationals – Pablo Fajardo from the Union of Affected by Chevron-Texaco (UDAPT) in Ecuador Impunity prevails with Transnational corporations (TNCs) that systematically violate human rights. We need an international treaty…
Ivan Gonzalez from the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) Impunity prevails with Transnational corporations (TNCs) that systematically violate human rights. We need an international treaty to ensure that communities affected by TNC crimes have access…
Adoración Guamán (Law Professor at the University of Valencia, Spain) Impunity prevails with Transnational corporations (TNCs) that systematically violate human rights. We need an international treaty to ensure that communities affected by TNC crimes have access…
Alberto Villareal (Friends of the Earth Latin America & Caribbean) – REDES AT – FoE Uruguay Impunity prevails with Transnational corporations (TNCs) that systematically violate human rights. We need an international treaty to ensure that communities affected by…
Manoela Roland from Human Rights and Business Center (HOMA) – Brazil Impunity prevails with Transnational corporations (TNCs) that systematically violate human rights. We need an international treaty to ensure that communities affected by TNC crimes have access to…
Erika Mendes from Justicia Ambiental – FoE Mozambique Impunity prevails with Transnational corporations (TNCs) that systematically violate human rights. We need an international treaty to ensure that communities affected by TNC crimes have access to justice. Social…
Harris Gleckman Global governance is slipping away from the United Nations. Whether it is in managing the Internet, where the UN’s governing structure offers only an advisory role for governments; or climate change, where the most exciting…
Elizabeth Peredo Beltrán (Bolivia) Translated by: Mark Cramer (Paris) These days I am immersed in rage, pain and despair. The Amazon is in flames, the Chiquitanía is gravely wounded and beneath the fires, many of our hopes…
Friends of the Earth Africa groups have described the convergence of oil palm plantation companies under the aegis of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) holding their 3rd Africa Sustainable Palm Oil Conference in Accra, Ghana from August 20…
The powers of multinational corporations touch the lives of virtually every community on Earth and in profound ways. Across Latin Americas the race is on for the region’s natural resources and giant international corporations stand at…