Tomorrow, the 25st of May, is the day of the Annual meeting of Chevron’s shareholders in the United States. At this assembly, Humberto Piaguaje, coordinator of the UDAPT will present the map of 30+ environmental conflicts on 5 continents which…
Hearing at the European Parliament, Brussels Monday 30th May 2016 – 5 to 8 pm (Room PHS 5B001) The work of the UN Open Ended Inter-governmental Working Group (OEIGWG) developing a legally binding international instrument on Transnational Corporations…
Text: Ingrid Ferrari Translation: Judith Marshall “We are committed to building prosperity both with respect to people and to the environment.” According to the posting on the company web site, this is one of the principle…
On November 5th, 2015, Brazilians have been victims of the worst environmental crime in the country’s history with the collapse of the mining dam operated by Vale The millions of cubic meters of contaminated mud that overflowed the Doce riverbed…
April 29th –Today, the Ecuadorian government is required to pay $180 million to multinational oil corporation Occidental, the final payment of a total settlement of $980 million following the widely criticized decision of an Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)…
New EU proposal will perpetuate investors’ attacks on health and environment Report The European Commission says that its new investment proposal –the Investment Court System – will protect governments’ abilities to regulate on crucial matters such as…
Tegucigalpa 13-15 April: International Peoples´ Forum “Berta Caceres lives on” The situation in Honduras remains very serious. Fear and tension is breathed in the atmosphere since before the assassination of Berta Cáceres, but intimidation, threats and killings continue…
Sikhosiphi ‘Bazooka’ Radebe, front, shot dead last week, led Wild Coast residents opposed to titanium mining. Picture: Fred Kockott By: Malaika wa Azania For far too long, we have stood aside and watched our government sell…
Washington, D.C. – La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) condena el asesinato de Nelson Noé García, líder e integrante del Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras (COPINH), y beneficiario de medidas cautelares otorgadas por…
By Beverly Bell Gustavo Castro Soto, imperiled in Honduras. Photo by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, 2014. The sole eyewitness to Honduran social movement leader Berta Cáceres’ assassination on March 3, 2016 has gone from being wounded victim to, effectively, political prisoner. Now…
PRESS RELEASE Tegucigalpa, March 18th, 2016 During the press conference held on March 17th by the Consejo Cívico de Organizaciones Populares e Indígenas de Honduras (COPINH), the National Network of Human Rights Defenders in Honduras and the “Justice…
Solidarity Action Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity Berta Cáceres, indigenous leader and spokesperson for more than 20 years of the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (Consejo Cívico…