Next week, countries will gather in Katowice, Poland, for the latest round of UN climate negotiations – the so-called COP24. Their plan is to try to agree on how to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement. However, the Polish government…
It is with extreme sadness that we announce the passing away of our dear comrade Dr. Amit Sengupta, a beloved colleague, friend, mentor and activist. Amit passed away on 28 November 2018, in a swimming accident in Goa, India.…
Transnational corporations are running rampant across the world, and particularly in Africa, to extract natural resources through mining, intensive agriculture, large-scale fishing, or the expansion of oil and gas operations. All of this in the name of progress,…
Communique: Southern Africa Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power Johannesburg-November 23, 2018 Communities of Resistance! Sites of Hope and Peoples Sovereignty! Southern Africa Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power “Our first and most…
We, peasants’ movements and civil society organizations from Mozambique, Brazil and Japan, met in Tokyo, Japan, between the 20th and the 22nd of November 2018 for the 4th Triangular Peoples’ Conference against ProSAVANA. In the days leading up to the conference,…
PRESS RELEASE | LA VIA CAMPESINA 19 November. Monday, [NEW YORK] The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the UN General Assembly voted in favour of the UN Declaration on the rights of peasants and…
Local communities from around the world, and particularly, the global south are saying enough is enough to the corporate plunder of our natural resources. Extractivism – the over-exploitation of natural resources through mining, intensive agriculture, large-scale fishing, logging…
European multipliers training on ISDS and corporate accountability In early 2019, a large alliance of civil society organisations will start a European campaign to shift the position of the European Union on corporate rights and people’s rights. …
How the European Union and Member States target and criminalize defenders of the rights of people on the move Europe’s “refugee crisis” triggered a wave of solidarity actions by both civil society organisations and ordinary citizens. Their efforts…
The Constitutional Court had not even adjourned when the benches spontaneously erupted into song and dance; the sense of relief and victory was palpable as the Lesetlheng community celebrated their win. The morning of Thursday, October 24, 2018…
Room XX – Palais des Nations – Geneva – 18 October 2018 Mr. President, The Global Campaign to reclaim peoples’ sovereignty, dismantle corporate power and stop impunity (Global Campaign), an international network of more than 250 members…