Category: Corporate Accountability

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
by Anisa | May 1, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Social Movements, Statement | 0
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.
Read MoreINWARD FLOWS AND UNDERTOWS: Investments in the Bangsamoro
by Anisa | Apr 12, 2022 | 1Post Types, Corporate Accountability, Philippines, Posters and Infographics, Trade and Investment | 0
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
by Anisa | Mar 23, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Statement | 0
Subject: Concerns after the presentation of the report of the 7th session of the OEIGWG by the...
Read MorePosition Paper of the Global Campaign on Due Diligence in Human Rights
by Anisa | Mar 16, 2022 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, News, Statement | 0
GLOBAL CAMPAIGN The Global Campaign considers that human rights due diligence is a preventive...
Read MorePress conference on 15 March: No to Nature Based Solutions!
by Anisa | Mar 11, 2022 | Announcement, Asia/World, Climate & Environment, Corporate Accountability, Media Release | 0
As corporations and governments push “nature-based solutions” to fight the climate and biodiversity crises, over 360 organisations launch a statement exposing them as “nature based dispossessions” that will cause huge new land grabs and promote harmful practices like monoculture tree plantations and industrial agriculture.
Read MoreFrom Paris to Glasgow: Broken Promises, False Solutions and the Continuing Struggle for Climate Justice
by Anisa | Nov 16, 2021 | Asia/World, Climate & Environment, Corporate Accountability, Feature, Social Movements | 0
By Joseph Purugganan COP 26 is over and the outcome of the latest negotiations aimed at addressing...
Read MoreFalse Solutions Instead of Just Solutions: Testimony for the Peoples’ Tribunal
by Anisa | Nov 7, 2021 | 1Post Types, Asia/World, Climate & Environment, Corporate Accountability | 0
Focus on the Global South, November 7, 2021 I. Introduction – Political economy...
Read MoreGlobal South States and Civil Society Keep up Momentum to Regulate Transnationals Corporations Under International Human Rights Law
by Anisa | Nov 4, 2021 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Media Release | 0
From 25 to 29 October United Nations member states continued the negotiations to elaborate an...
Read MoreVideo: Why the Binding Treaty is Important to Us in Focus
by Anisa | Oct 27, 2021 | Asia/World, Corporate Accountability, Feature, Video | 0
Focus on the Global South staff members explain why the Binding Treaty is important to us in...
Read MoreIndian Labour Law Must Recognise Platform Workers’ Rights
by Focus on the Global South Ally/Friend/Partner | Sep 22, 2020 | Corporate Accountability, India, Social Movements, Statement | 0
Statement issued by an Alliance of Labour Unions and Civil Society Organisations September 22,...
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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 MorePRESS RELEASE: Workers are not Virus-Proof
by admin | May 7, 2020 | Corporate Accountability, COVID-19 Updates, Philippines, Statement, Trade and Investment | 0
Advocacy groups call for expanded massive testing before economic restart As the nation...
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