LAGOS, NIGERIA, 9 NOVEMBER 2015 – Led by Nigerian activists, social justice campaigners from around the world will commemorate on 10 November the 20th anniversary of the execution of Ken Saro Wiwa and eight more Ogonis at the hands of…
Published in Kompas, 15 October 2015 The twelve States in the Pacific Rim have just concluded the negotiations of the Treaty on Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The Treaty itself will serve as a legal framework for free trade cooperation and…
LAGOS, NIGERIA, September 14, 2015 — Friends of the Earth Nigeria / Environmental Rights Action (ERA/FoEN) has demanded a Nigerian Federal Government probe into of explosions caused by Nigerian Agip Oil Company [NAOC] operations in several communities in Bayelsa State…
Solidarity message with Paulina Muñoz Samaniego from the Global Campaign to dismantle Corporate Power and put an End to Impunity The Global Campaign to dismantle Corporate Power and put an End to Impunity is deeply…
Canadian, US and other international civil society organizations welcome Infinito Gold’s announcement that it is calling it quits on its tortuous quest to open the Crucitas mine in Costa Rica in spite of the determined opposition of the Costa…
One year after the historic vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to create an intergovernmental working group (IGWG) to begin the process of negotiation for a UN Treaty on TNCs (June 2014), social movements returned to…
Social Movements Help the United Nations Human Rights Council to Stay the Course on Creating a Binding Treaty for Transnational Corporations July 10, 2015, Geneva – Dozens of organizations and social movements mobilized this week in Geneva…
United Nations Human Rights Council: Social Movements support a binding treaty that will create obligations for transnational corporations to respect human rights The Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity – a coalition of 190 social…
Coca-Cola’s Conduct in India Violate Fund’s Ethical Guidelines For Immediate Release July 1, 2015 San Francisco: Activists from India and Norway are calling on Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global – the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund – to exclude…
Written contribution of the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity to the first session of the intergovernmental working group mandated with the elaboration of an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations (TNCs) and other…
On occasion of the EU-CELAC Summit, collectives and organisations from Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Brussels during three Days of Mobilization for Peoples Sovereignty against the power of multinational corporations and the Architecture of Impunity established…
Press release – Monday 8th June 2015 Social movements Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty Against Corporate-led Trade promoted at the European and Latin American Summit A broad coalition ofsocial movements from Latin America and Europe organise three days…