Between 9 and 13 of June, the third round of negotiations for a free trade agreement between the European Union and Ecuador has being held in Brussels. In fact there is little to negotiate because the EU does not leave…
<div id=”heading” class=”main-content-styles”><h1 id=”page-title” class=”en ltr-lang” dir=”ltr” lang=”en” xml:lang=”en”> </h1><h2 id=”standfirst” class=”en ltr-lang” dir=”ltr” lang=”en” xml:lang=”en”>A new legally binding ILO Protocol on Forced Labour aims to advance prevention, protection and compensation measures, as well as to intensify efforts to eliminate…
It is in operation now the website Consulta Previa (www.consultaprevia.org). The material is available in Portuguese and Spanish and it was launched during the Panamazonian Social Forum in Macapá, Amapá, Brazil (28-31 May 2013). The website is an important…
Members of the Supreme Court (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) The big media talk a lot about stalemate in Congress, but they are missing the real story. While representative democracy is dysfunctional, the Supreme Court has taken over with its…
On the occasion of the international day of mobilization to support victims of Chevron, today (21 May 2014) fifty people gathered at the Place des Nations in Geneva. Other demonstrations took place in five countries on four continents. These simultaneous actions, protesters…
Brussels, 15-16 May 2014 The EU and the crisis: from austerity to solidarity the verdict of the other voices and a call for another Europe Brussels – A Tribunal on EU economic governance and the Troika took place in…
Watch our short video about the Tampakan mine: The B’laan indigenous people of the southern Philippines are in danger. They are locked in a struggle against one of the largest mining companies in the world. The Anglo-Swiss…
The U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC) is being urged to back a resolution next month to draw up a binding accord that would ensure both accountability and mechanisms for redress by victims of corporate rights abuse. Credit: Omid Memarian/IPS WASHINGTON,…