Weeks before the Universal Periodic Review, a delegation from Ecuador comes to Europe to give an account of the human right to adequate food and nutrition of peasant and indigenous communities in the country. In May, the Ecuadorian…
Coca-Cola Will Use Gov’t Partnership to Promote Unhealthy Products For Immediate Release March 29, 2017 New Delhi: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) – the country’s premier government organization responsible for protecting and promoting…
This morning, March 29, at 11 AM (1 PM ET), the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador will schedule a vote to approve a proposed Law to Ban Metal Mining. If politicians from all parties keep their promise, tomorrow…
Download: MP3 (6.5 Mb) In light of the approval by the European Commission of the $130 billion mega-merger between agribusiness corporations Dow Chemical and Du Pont, and anticipating similar authorizations for other agribusiness giants, organizations warn that a…
Supporters of the Southern Africa Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power, Transnational Corporations (TNC’s) dominate South Africa’s seed and agrochemical sector. Corporate information such as market shares are kept totally secret. Two of…
Two of those accused of the death of Nilce de Souza Magalhães, fisher and affected by the Jirau hydroelectric plant, will be judged by the Jury Court in Porto Velho, in the state of Ronônia. This week, on…
Below you’ll find the Letter of the II International Seminar, Food, Water and Energy are not commodities!, pointing to main aspects reflected in the Seminar and collective commitments. This letter was discussed on the last day of the International Seminar…
Descargar: MP3 (5.4 MB) The report launched last week by the Intergovernmental Working Group of the United Nations Human Rights Council mandated to elaborate a binding treaty on transnational corporations and human rights violations was “an important step”…
Last week in Geneva at the UN Human Rights Council, a treaty for transnational corporations and human rights was once more on the agenda. Although there was just a presentation of the report of the second…
Corporate Accountability International, Transnational Institute, Human Rights and Business Center (HOMA), CETIM, Friends of the Earth International, and the Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity organized a side event to the IGWG on…
Canadian mining company Gran Colombia Gold is reportedly resorting to international arbitration under the Canada-Colombia free trade agreement. The company’s operations – underground gold and silver mining – appear to have been beset with a variety of…
Pepsi Under Attack for Water Abuses from All Quarters For Immediate Release March 9, 2017 Palakkad, India: US based PepsiCo has been forced to cease operations at its bottling plant in Kanjikode, in the south Indian…