Press releases

Switzerland: peasants’ rights and free trade agreements

Press release Declaration on the Rights of Peasants: Switzerland must harmonize foreign policy and international commitments Lucerne, Bern, and Geneva, August 27, 2020 – The paradox is striking: peasants, the world’s main food providers, are the first to suffer from hunger and extreme poverty in many countries. Aware of this situation, the United Nations adopted […]

Assassination of a trade unionist: the Colombian State responsible

Geneva, 3 June 2020 – The UN Human Rights Committee has ruled against Colombia for failing to investigate those who ordered the murder of a trade unionist who was defending the rights of workers at the multinational Coca-Cola in the country.

Economic sanctions and Covid-19 pandemic

Unilateral coercive measures continue to proliferate during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is all the more worrying in the context of a deep economic crisis which because of the pandemic is becoming more acute.

Coup d’état in Bolivia

For the Return of Peace and Democracy, we reject the evolving coup to and the Violence in Bolivia

UN Treaty against impunity of multinationals

The 4th session of the Working Group on a Binding Treaty to Regulate the Activities of Multinationals was held from 15 to 19 October 2018.

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