Category: Asia/World
Protect people’s economic rights to data, RC...
Posted by admin2 | Feb 28, 2019 | Asia/World, Trade and Investment | 0
RCEP must not undermine farmers’ rights, esp...
Posted by admin2 | Feb 27, 2019 | Asia/World, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Philippines, The Commons, Trade and Investment | 0
People’s movements urge countries to stop RCEP neg...
Posted by admin2 | Feb 27, 2019 | Asia/World, Trade and Investment | 0
RCEP needs to prioritize justice, not balance
Posted by admin2 | Feb 25, 2019 | Asia/World, Trade and Investment | 0
On the passing of our comrade Soren Ambrose
by Focus on the Global South Team | Dec 14, 2020 | Asia/World, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
Focus on the Global South joins friends and civil society from across the world in paying homage...
Read MoreRCEP an unjust deal and added burden in the time of a pandemic
by Focus on the Global South Team | Nov 15, 2020 | Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates, Philippines, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
Trade Justice Pilipinas statement on the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic...
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A historic process continues at the UN: States resume substantive negotiations on the text for a binding treaty on transnational corporations with respect to human rights on 28 October 2020. Photo: Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity
Civil society drives momentum for UN treaty on TNCs and human rights
by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Nov 3, 2020 | Asia/World, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
PRESS RELEASE Despite covid-19 limitations, civil society drives momentum for the historic UN...
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The sixth session of the UN Human Rights Council’s Open-ended Intergovernmental working group (OEIGWG) on Transnational corporations (TNCs) and Other Business Enterprises in Geneva from 26-30 October 2020.
Asian Network pushes stronger TNC regulations at the UN amidst pandemic
by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Oct 28, 2020 | Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
Amidst the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the negotiations towards a legally binding...
Read MoreCOVID-19, Distorted Development, and Degrowth
by Walden Bello | Oct 7, 2020 | Asia/World, Climate & Environment, COVID-19 Updates, Deglobalisation, Opinion/Analysis, Trade and Investment | 0
The following paper was presented at the Chulalongkorn University Social Research...
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The Global Campaign attends the 5th Session of the OEIGWG negotiations on the Legally Binding Treaty on TNCS and Human Rights in Geneva in October 2019.
Global Campaign: TNC human rights treaty has ‘lost its soul’
by Focus on the Global South Team | Sep 1, 2020 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Statement | 0
The member organisations of the Global Campaign to Reclaim People’s Sovereignty, Dismantle...
Read MoreIndigenous self-determination: a blueprint for the ‘good life’
by Focus on the Global South Team | Aug 9, 2020 | Asia/World, Blog Post, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology | 0
In an age of global warming, rising authoritarianism, and the corporate-led delusion of infinite...
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KASAMAS FOR LOVE, FOR PEACE. Heiwa koshin desu! (We are the Peace March!). Kiyosu Castle, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. 2019 June 10. Photo by Hideki “Run” Yokoe.
Peace and Courage in the Time of COVID-19
by Galileo de Guzman Castillo | Jul 6, 2020 | 1Post Types, Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates, Peace and Security, Power and Democracy | 0
Solidarity Message from the Global South to the 2020 Japan Peace March[i] By Galileo de Guzman...
Read MoreWebinar on COVID-19: Deglobalisation and the opportunity for food sovereignty
by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Jul 2, 2020 | Announcement, Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates | 0
COVID-19 has exposed multiple weaknesses and failures of the corporate and finance capital...
Read MoreCOVID-19 Pandemic: Rethink on the Pacific Trade Pact?
by Supatsak Pobsuk | Jun 7, 2020 | Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates, Mekong Region, Thailand | 0
Supatsak Pobsuk 26 May 2020 Debate on CPTPP in Thailand The Comprehensive and Progressive...
Read MoreHow to Improve Myanmar’s Covid-19 Emergency Relief Program
by Walden Bello | Jun 7, 2020 | Asia/World, COVID-19 Updates, Mekong Region | 0
By Walden Bello, Doi Ra Lahkyen, Jenny Franco, Pietje Vervest and Tom Kramer* The Covid-19...
Read MoreStatement to the Extraordinary Meeting of G20 Agriculture Ministers, April 21, 2020
by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Apr 22, 2020 | Asia/World, Statement | 0
As the COVID-19 health emergency unleashes a wider social and economic crisis, we believe that urgent action is indeed needed to safeguard global food security and nutrition. Action, however, cannot be limited to ensuring the...
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