Category: Statement
US President Joe Biden. Photo: Eric Haynes
Open Letter to the Biden Administration on the Need for a Pandemic Pivot
It’s urgent not to return to the previous status quo. It’s time for creative thinking and bold...
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Lao national and 2005 Magsaysay Award recipient Sombath Somphone stands beside a poster of fellow awardee V. Shanta during a press conference in Manila, Philippines on Monday 29 August 2005. Photo: EPA/ROLEX DELA PENA
Civil society demand Laos government reveal Sombath’s fate
Laos: After eight years, civil society worldwide demands the government establish and reveal...
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Soren Ambrose at Focus on the Global South's 20th anniversary event in 2015.
On the passing of our comrade Soren Ambrose
Focus on the Global South joins friends and civil society from across the world in paying homage...
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In Defence of Democracy and the Farmers’ Movement
Media Release The widespread farmers agitations against the pro-business and anti-farmer...
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RCEP an unjust deal and added burden in the time of a pandemic
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
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
Amidst the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the negotiations towards a legally binding...
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Thai police use water cannons to disperse pro-democracy demonstrations in Bangkok on 16 October 2020. Photo: Sirikan Charoensiri
Thai government must end crackdowns on pro-democracy activists
Focus on the Global South calls on the Thai government to release all detained activists and lift...
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T Peter: 11 December 1957 - 8 October 2020
Remembering T Peter: Street fighter, trade unionist, leader of India’s fishworkers
T Peter, General Secretary of the National Fishworkers Forum (NFF), passed away on 8 October 2020...
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EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan. CC-BY-4.0: © European Union 2019 – Source: EP
Open Letter to EU Trade Commissioner on Philippines GSP+ Withdrawal
Note: This open letter was addressed to then-EU Trade Commissioner Paul Hogan on 1 September 2020....
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Swiggy employees go on strike in Chennai, India, in August 2020. Photo: Thandora Times
Indian Labour Law Must Recognise Platform Workers’ Rights
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’
The member organisations of the Global Campaign to Reclaim People’s Sovereignty, Dismantle...
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