2015 Special Broadcasts / Basta de Impunidad Corporativa - Ginebra 2015
The Intergovernmental Working Group of the United Nations Human Rights Council in charge of defining the terms of a binding treaty on human rights and transnational corporations will hold its first session on July 6-9 in Geneva, Switzerland. In parallel, the Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity, together with the “Treaty Alliance” made up by hundreds of organizations and social movements from different parts of the world, will organize a “week of mobilizations” to highlight the urgent need of such a binding treaty. Just like in June, 2014, when the Human Rights Council voted in favor of the creation of the Intergovernmental Working Group, Real World Radio will cover the activities of the social groups and networks gathered in Geneva.
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6 July 2015 | Interviews | Basta de Impunidad Corporativa - Ginebra 2015
Time for Justice: Activities in Geneva launched in parallel to UN talks on transnational corporations and human rights
The Week of Mobilization parallel to the negotiations that are taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, by the Intergovernmental Working Group of the UN´s Human Rights Council was launched today, July 6th. The Working Group is in charge of defining the terms of a binding treaty on human rights and transnational corporations. Read more
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1 July 2015 | News | Basta de Impunidad Corporativa - Ginebra 2015
Social movements demand ministers at UN assembly on climate change: it´s time to act on climate!
On June 29, ministers from around the world gathered at the UN General Assembly to discuss climate change received an unprecedented statement by social movements of climate-impacted communities from the global South as well as faith, labor, environmental, and anti-poverty groups representing tens of millions of people from around the world. Read more
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26 June 2015 | Interviews | Basta de Impunidad Corporativa - Ginebra 2015
Position of the movement of people affected by the energy model towards the negotiations of a treaty on transnational corporations and human rights
From July 6-10, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will meet in Geneva, Switzerland, aiming to advance on the debate towards the building of a binding instrument related to human rights and transnational corporations. The meeting takes place a year after the UNHRC adopted the proposal submitted by Ecuador and South Africa to develop such an agreement. The social movements that supported and exerted pressure for this instrument to become a reality will be present again in Geneva to carry out mobilizations parallel to the UNHRC meeting, more precisely from July 6 to 10. Read more
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26 June 2015 | Interviews | Basta de Impunidad Corporativa - Ginebra 2015
Interview with Juliette Renaud, Friends of the Earth France: the national and international agenda against impunity
French company Total, the largest company in France and one of the most important oil corporations in the world, will be denounced by Friends of the Earth International in Geneva, Switzerland, during the first week of July, due to its human and environmental rights violations in Nigeria. Read more
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18 June 2015 | Interviews | Mobilization around the EU – CELAC Summit | Social activists at risk | Basta de Impunidad Corporativa - Ginebra 2015
Pressure strengthened over binding treaty on corporations and human rights at the UN
A Friends of the Earth International´s delegation is present in Geneva, Switzerland, where the UN´s Human Rights Council is holding its sessions, aiming to urge several governments to participate in the intergovernmental panel of the Council to start defining the terms of a binding treaty on human rights and transnational corporations. Read more
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15 June 2015 | Interviews | Basta de Impunidad Corporativa - Ginebra 2015
Stumbling TTIP: Friends of the Earth Europe assesses the situation
On June 10, the European Parliament decided in Strasbourg, France, to postpone the discussion and voting about a resolution related to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP) which is under negotiation between Europe and the US behind closed doors. Read more
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11 June 2015 | Testimonies | Financialization of nature | Public Forum Energy System Uruguay | Basta de Impunidad Corporativa - Ginebra 2015
Investment protection treaties, public services, free trade and energy
In the framework of the Public Forum” Just and Sovereign Energy System” that took place on June 4 in Montevideo, Uruguay, the participants focused on the influence of multilateral and bilateral free trade agreements or protection investment treaties on public services, especially in the energy field. Read more
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10 June 2015 | Testimonies | Public Forum Energy System Uruguay | Basta de Impunidad Corporativa - Ginebra 2015
Analysis by Redes – Friends of the Earth about agreement between Schuepbach Energy and ANCAP of Uruguay
The energy issue in Uruguay cannot be analyzed outside the region, which is filled with projects for the deregulation of markets and the production of what business consider commodities, as well as new investment protection mechanisms. Read more
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8 June 2015 | Interviews | Mobilization around the EU – CELAC Summit | Basta de Impunidad Corporativa - Ginebra 2015
Resistance ready against strong neoliberal wave in Europe in the coming days
This week, several social movements and organizations from different parts of the world will meet in Brussels, Belgium, to hold activities parallel to a new European Union (EU) – Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit on June 10-11. Read more
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