Life in Flames
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…
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Activists flay RSPO certification ahead of Accra palm oil forum
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…
REPORT: “Manipulative Ways – How International Corporations Seize the Natural Resources of Latin America”
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…
Save the Date! Week of Peoples Mobilisation (12-19 October 2019)
SAVE THE DATE! WEEK OF PEOPLES MOBILISATION 12 – 19 October 2019 2019 WILL BE A DECISIVE YEAR FOR THE BINDING TREATY ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS! We call to mobilise worldwide on 12th October…
Statement of the Global Campaign on Draft 1 (UN Binding Treaty)
Open letter to the Member States of the Organization of the United Nations 23 July, 2019 Re: Publication of the “Revised Draft” for the negotiation of the “Legally Binding Instrument to Regulate, within the framework of International Human…
Cancel Oceana Gold’s Mining Contract Now! Respect the people’s will! Stop illegal operations in Didipio mines!
Environmental and human rights groups in the Philippines support the resistance led by the Didipio Earth Savers Movement (DESAMA) and Didipio-Watch against destructive and irresponsible mining in Nueva Vizcaya. We call on all international groups to express their solidarity…
The new Statute of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal
The adoption of the new Statute responds to the need to update the terms of reference and the area of the competence of the PPT, in consideration of the evolution of the institutions of international law and the experience…
Violations of workers’ rights: landmark indictment of SAMSUNG France for misleading advertising
Paris, July 3rd, 2019 – After an epic judicial procedure initiated by Sherpa and ActionAid France more than 6 years ago, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS France SAS has been indicted on misleading advertising. SAMSUNG displays ethical commitments on workers’ rights that…
Political Council of the ALBA rejects Chevron’s actions against Ecuador
The Foreign Ministers of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, meeting in Caracas, approved a special declaration in which they express their opposition to the actions held by Chevron Corporation and Texaco Petroleum Company against Ecuador.…
REPORT: “Law on duty of vigilance of parent and outsourcing companies”
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Maputo Workshop on Corporate Impunity and Human Rights – June 17/18
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Make in India to Kill in India
After Raigad, Jaitapur (Maharashtra), Kalinganagar, Niyamgiri, Gandhamardhan, Dhinkia and Khandadhar (Odisha), Nandigram, Singur (West Bengal), Dandakaranya, Raipur (Chhatishgarh), Jharkhand’s Saranda, MP’s Singrouli, Kovvada, Sompeta (Andhra Pradesh) and Koodankulam and Neduvasal (Tamil Nadu), the recent unfortunate events at the…