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Process towards binding treaty on transnational corporations and human rights gains support at UN

Real World Radio

  Download: MP3 (4.2 Mb)   The Ecuadorian Chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council´s working group in charge of negotiating a binding treaty on transnational corporations and human rights submitted on Thursday in Geneva, Switzerland, the report of the third●●●

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Multinationals pay lower taxes than a decade ago

Financial Times

  Big multinationals are paying significantly lower tax rates than before the 2008 financial crisis, according to Financial Times analysis showing that a decade of government efforts to cut deficits and reform taxes has left the corporate world largely unscathed.●●●

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Positive move towards historic treaty on transnational corporations and human rights at UN Human Rights Council

Friends of the Earth International (FOEI)

Binding treaty draft text to be discussed in October       Geneva, 9 March 2018   This week the Human Rights Council was debating the binding treaty on transnational corporations once again. It was a hopeful sign that, on●●●

👵👩 A nos grands-mères, mères, soeurs, filles et petites-filles, cette journée est dédiée à vos combats ✊. Avec une pensée particulière pour les paysannes 👩‍🌾 et les travailleuses exploitées dans le monde entier...
📽️ A voir - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEniQgRKEXc

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60M liters of oil leaked into the Ecuadorian Amazon by @Chevron for nearly 30 years and 30,000+ people are still seeking justice

This unchecked corporate power running rampant is yet another example of a transnational corporation using a system that guarantees its impunity🧵

As #HRC55 moves ahead following #WTOMC13AbuDhabi, let's confront the reality: transnational corporations wield immense power, often at the expense of #HumanRights

It's time to demand accountability, regulation and justice in light of their violations

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