Category: Corporate Accountability
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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[email protected]: End of the Road
Focus on the Global South organized an online press conference titled “[email protected]: End of the Road” to...
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We Belong to the Land
10 Years of the Tenure Guidelines: States Must Address Rising Inequalities and Enact Agrarian...
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Protecting workers’ rights in garment global supply chains as an important strategy for economic development in the global South
May 26, 2022 Joint Statement released by Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) and Focus on Global South...
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From left to right (clockwise): (1) A street sweeper maintains cleanliness of major roads amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Muntinlupa City, Philippines. (2) Garment Workers in Cambodia. (3) Healthcare workers in India taking details of a patient in a respiratory disease ward. (4) Supermarket cashiers wear masks and face shields to maintain physical distance as grocery shopping has changed amid COVID-19, Bangkok, Thailand. All pictures © ILO Asia-Pacific
FOR A JUST PANDEMIC RECOVERY WITH WORKERS AT THE CENTRE
1 May, 2022 Statement from Focus on the Global South Workers across the world have faced a series of immense setbacks with the advance of neoliberalism and expansion of global value chains that have been exacerbated in the past two years.
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INWARD FLOWS AND UNDERTOWS: Investments in the Bangsamoro
Development in the Bangsamoro: Whose Agenda and Interests? INWARD FLOWS AND UNDERTOWS: Investments...
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Reports of IGWG on TNCs & Intersessional Meeting on 2030 Agenda & HC/SG Thematic Reports and Item:3 General Debate - 29th meeting, 49th Regular Session of Human Rights Council. Source: media.un.org
Open Letter to the Chair of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on TNCs and Human Rights
Subject: Concerns after the presentation of the report of the 7th session of the OEIGWG by the...
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Position Paper of the Global Campaign on Due Diligence in Human Rights
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN The Global Campaign considers that human rights due diligence is a preventive...
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