Category: Corporate Accountability
October 2023 Round-up of Participations
October 2023 has seen staff members from Focus on the Global South taking part in several...
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States from the global south and civil society defend process to hold TNCs accountable for human rights violations amid attempt to re-open the debate on the mandate
GENEVA. At the 9th session of negotiations to elaborate a legally binding instrument to regulate...
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PRESS RELEASE – HISTORICAL NEGOTIATIONS IN THE UN UNVEIL LINKAGES BETWEEN TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATE IMPUNITY AND IMPERIALISM
originally published here. Unfolding genocide in Gaza marks the 9th session of the UN negotiations...
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PRESS RELEASE: Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) Under Scrutiny: Civil Society Raise Alarms on its Potential Consequences
Bangkok, 13 September 2023 Thai Version As international trade deals continue to evolve, the...
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Advancing accountability and justice through the legally binding instrument (LBI)
by Joseph Purugganan* Good afternoon and good evening from the Philippines Thank...
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[FS4P] Social movements, Indigenous Peoples, and civil society organizations continue to fight against the corporate capture of global food governance
Originally posted on People’s Autonomous Response to the UN Food Systems Summit website...
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Chinese company in Andong Bor Community Forest, Cambodia. Photo: Ridan Sun.
Cambodia. Rubber Plantations, Protected Areas, REDD+ and Other Threats: A Dramatic Loss for Forest Dwellers
by Ridan Sun Originally published here for the World Rainforest Movement. Twenty-five years...
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CLIMATE BREAKDOWN AND THE FAILURE OF MULTILATERALISM
End of year statement from Focus on the Global South December 2022 Extreme weather events in 2022...
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Why direct obligations for TNCs and having an International Tribunal are crucial for an effective legally binding treaty
A Perspective from Asia* By Joseph Purugganan, Focus on the Global South/Asia Task Force a member...
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Industrial Machine Near Crops. Photo by Johannes Plenio.
Agribusiness’ Solution to the Food Crisis: More of the Same
By Joseph Purugganan The Global Food Crisis, this time A dossier by Focus on the Global...
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A work scene of loading a container for coastal shipping onto a ship. May 7, 2011. Photo by Gazouya-japan, Container terminal = 鹿児島港北埠頭【 Pictures taken in Japan 】--②, CC BY-SA 4.0
Japan’s Human Rights Due Diligence Guidelines: A Small Step Forward or a Monkey Wrench?
By Galileo de Guzman Castillo[i] Last month, Japan publicly released the draft of the Guidelines...
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Seminar on Human Rights and Business for Civil Society in Asia, 19 September 2022, at UNCC Bangkok, Thailand.
Towards A Stronger Corporate Accountability in Asia
On Monday, 19 September 2022, as part of the Asia Task Force on the Legally Binding Treaty (ATF),...
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