Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights: ‘We have prospects of success because for the first time the windows of the United Nations have opened and the people have come in’
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NEW REPORT: State of Power 2018
Popular movements everywhere are on the rise at the same time as we face ever-greater corporate impunity and increasing state violence. In TNI’s seventh flagship State of Power report, we examine today’s social movements, their potential to build counter-power, and…
ALERT! Edwin Espinal arrested for participation in protests against the dictatorship
Tonight, while driving home, compañero Edwin Espinal was captured by members of the police along the Fuerzas Aramadas Boulevard in Tegucigalpa for his participation in the protests days before against the imposition of fraud and dictatorship by Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH). …
PRESS RELEASE: At Last, Communities Impacted by Canadian Corporations Overseas will be Heard: Government Creates Human Rights Watchdog
OTTAWA, January 17, 2018 – The Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) is greatly encouraged by the Minister of International Trade’s announcement of the creation of a Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise. The human rights ombudsperson will investigate…
Corporate Impunity: Strategies of struggle in Africa
Erika Mendes – Friends of the Earth Mozambique/ JA! 2016 was an important year in the African continent’s struggle against corporate impunity, with the first session of the Southern African Peoples Permanent Tribunal (PPT) taking place…
Judge orders biggest corporate bribery trial in history against Shell, Eni, CEO and executives
Landmark trial sees senior former Shell executives and CEO of Eni in the dock for billion dollar Nigerian oil deal Royal Dutch Shell and Italian oil giant Eni have been ordered to stand trial in Milan on…
SUPPORT DECLARATION FOR THE CEDIB (#AguanteCEDIB)
SUPPORT DECLARATION FOR THE CEDIB THE BOLIVIAN CENTER OF DOCUMENTATION AND INFORMATION – CEDIB has been for many years one of the institutions that have supported the democratic process with responsible work done on information and critical analysis. Therefore,…
[ENG/ESP/FR] UN Binding Treaty/Tratado Vinculante: Global Campaign urgent statement/Comunicado urgente de la Campaña Global
[Versión en castellano más abajo / version francaise ci-dessous] PDF VERSION Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity Public Statement Attempt at Sabotage in New York: the European Union aims to Eliminate…
A declaration from North Africa: food sovereignty is a right
On December 15, 16 and 17, 2017, ATTAC Morocco, a member of the global network for the abolition of illegitimate debts (CADTM), organised a Maghreb seminar on free trade agreements, agriculture and food sovereignty under the slogan : No to…
Basta ya! WTO: People Choose Sovereignty
Focus on the Global South, Statement on the failure of MC11 in Buenos Aires The failure of the WTO talks in Buenos Aires to produce any substantial outcome is a victory for the people. This is a clear…
ISDS in numbers: Impacts of investment arbitration against Latin America and the Carribbean
This report will be updated every 4 months and published in the new website: The dangers of the investment protection agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have been exposed in the report ISDS in Numbers…
Jeremy Corbyn has made a huge commitment against corporate power
In his speech to the United Nations last Friday, Jeremy Corbyn gave a timely boost to the long-standing global campaign to tackle corporate power. He pledged that the next Labour government in Britain will actively support…