PDF version Alive and Kicking: The UN Binding Treaty on TNCs and human rights Civil society perspectives from the regions VIRTUAL SIDE-EVENT At the occasion of the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council Organizer: Global…
Source: Terra justa April 2021 If the Responsible Business Initiative had been approved, victims of human rights violations and environmental damage caused by Swiss companies could have sought redress in that country. What’s next now? There…
Source: Terra Justa April 2021 We need to strike a balance between the need to go fast – because affected communities need the Treaty – but at the same time making sure that the content of the Treaty…
10 March 2021 PDF version Global Campaign statement on the process towards the European Directive on mandatory due diligence on human rights The Global Campaign to reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity takes note…
Source: FIAN Could a UN Treaty hold TNCs accountable? The cases of Brumadinho and the POSCO-India Project Webinar on 8th March 2021 at 14.00-15.30 CET in the context of the current Human Rights Council session and presentation of…
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Berta Cáceres from COPINH is part of the foundations of the Global Campaign, as you can see in this video from the Peoples Summit in Madrid in May 2010. After 5 years since her assassination of our…
Source: TNI 24 February 2021 To tackle the climate crisis we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground. But governments that phase out coal, end gas production, or stop oil pipelines can be sued by corporations in…
Source: Third World Network 24 February 2021 Geneva, 24 Feb (D. Ravi Kanth) – In support of putting billions of human lives before the profits and patents of Big Pharma, more than two-thirds of the World Trade Organization’s 164…
Source: UDAPT – UNION OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY TEXACO’S OIL OPERATIONS 16th February 2021 Commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the 1st judgement declaring Chevron-Texaco guilty for its crime in the Ecuadorian Amazon Press release …
Source: Friends of the Earth Europe 29 January 2021 Justice for victims of Shell pollution The Court of Appeal in The Hague has ruled in favour of Milieudefensie / Friends of the Earth Netherlands and four Nigerians on…
Source: Public Services International 20 January 2021 Author: Susana Barria This online briefing takes you through the key arguments and strategies needed to push governments to stop WTO trade rules from blocking access to Covid cures. …