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The declaration presented by the CETIM in June 2018 to the 38th session of the UNHRC (June-July 2018) highlights violations committed by Glencore corporation, its subsidiaries and subcontractors in several countries.
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CETIM, UDAPT and FORUM NOBIS denounce Chevron’s attacks against victims’ defenders in the United States and Ecuador. Following the report submitted by the three organizations, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders urges the US government to act.
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The CETIM, the Permanent Mission of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, La Vía Campesina, FIAN International and Bread for All organized a parallel conference during the 37th session of the Human Rights Council.
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CETIM, in collaboration with the International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL), the Transnational Institute (TNI), the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), Friends of the Earth International and FIAN International, intervened at the UN to denounce the violations and irregularities committed by the government of Brazil.
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A side event was held at the UN on the occasion of the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council. It was entitled: “Reflections on the United Nations Treaty binding transnational corporations on human rights“.
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Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity Public Statement Tuesday 19th December 2017 According to our sources, the European Union (EU) delegation to the United Nations General Assembly’s Fifth Committee, which deals with budgetary matters, is trying to eliminate the financing of the Human Rights Council’s intergovernmental working group (IGWG) […]
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The CETIM is alarmed by the current political crisis in Honduras, a crisis characterized by an increasing militarization of State institutions and government disregard of its human rights obligations.
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Testimonies of communities affected by multinational corporations, presentation of the treaty proposal by social movements, dialogue between Special Rapporteurs and victims. Watch the videos of the side-events organised by CETIM and its partners during the 3rd session of the working group on multinationals and human rights.
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The Intergovernmental Working Group (WG) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) working group on the elaboration of a binding treaty on transnational corporations (TNCs) entered the “negotiation mode”. The Charimanship of the group (Ecuador) presented an “Elements paper”, which will serve as basis for the negotiations.
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CETIM and its partners submit to the Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations a treaty on transnational corporations and their human rights value chain.
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