Category: Corporate Accountability
October 2023 Round-up of Participations
by Anisa | Nov 1, 2023 | Asia/World, Climate & Environment, Corporate Accountability, Feature, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Power and Democracy | 0
October 2023 has seen staff members from Focus on the Global South taking part in several...
Read MoreStates 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
by Anisa | Oct 30, 2023 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Feature | 0
GENEVA. At the 9th session of negotiations to elaborate a legally binding instrument to regulate...
Read MorePRESS RELEASE – HISTORICAL NEGOTIATIONS IN THE UN UNVEIL LINKAGES BETWEEN TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATE IMPUNITY AND IMPERIALISM
by Anisa | Oct 24, 2023 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Media Release | 0
originally published here. Unfolding genocide in Gaza marks the 9th session of the UN negotiations...
Read MorePRESS RELEASE: Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) Under Scrutiny: Civil Society Raise Alarms on its Potential Consequences
by Anisa | Sep 13, 2023 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Media Release, Trade and Investment | 0
Bangkok, 13 September 2023 Thai Version As international trade deals continue to evolve, the...
Read MoreAdvancing accountability and justice through the legally binding instrument (LBI)
by Anisa | Jul 18, 2023 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Opinion/Analysis | 0
by Joseph Purugganan* Good afternoon and good evening from the Philippines Thank...
Read More[FS4P] Social movements, Indigenous Peoples, and civil society organizations continue to fight against the corporate capture of global food governance
by Anisa | May 13, 2023 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Media Release | 0
Originally posted on People’s Autonomous Response to the UN Food Systems Summit website...
Read MoreCambodia. Rubber Plantations, Protected Areas, REDD+ and Other Threats: A Dramatic Loss for Forest Dwellers
by Anisa | May 3, 2023 | Cambodia, Climate & Environment, Corporate Accountability, Mekong Region, Opinion/Analysis | 0
by Ridan Sun Originally published here for the World Rainforest Movement. Twenty-five years...
Read MoreCLIMATE BREAKDOWN AND THE FAILURE OF MULTILATERALISM
by Focus on the Global South Team | Dec 27, 2022 | Asia/World, Climate & Environment, Corporate Accountability, Statement | 0
End of year statement from Focus on the Global South December 2022 Extreme weather events in 2022...
Read MoreWhy direct obligations for TNCs and having an International Tribunal are crucial for an effective legally binding treaty
by Anisa | Oct 31, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, FOCUS Dispatch, Opinion/Analysis | 0
A Perspective from Asia* By Joseph Purugganan, Focus on the Global South/Asia Task Force a member...
Read MoreAgribusiness’ Solution to the Food Crisis: More of the Same
by Anisa | Oct 10, 2022 | Asia/World, Climate & Environment, Corporate Accountability, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Opinion/Analysis | 0
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 | Sep 29, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, FOCUS Dispatch, Opinion/Analysis | 0
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
by Anisa | Sep 29, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Event, FOCUS Dispatch, Social Movements | 0
On Monday, 19 September 2022, as part of the Asia Task Force on the Legally Binding Treaty (ATF),...
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