Category: Statement
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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RESIST TERROR LAW!
Focus on the Global South’s Statement on the passage of the Anti-Terrorism Law in the...
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RCEP WILL UNDERMINE FIGHT AGAINST COVID19 PANDEMIC
*ASIAN GROUPS CALL FOR IMMEDIATE HALT TO SECRET NEGOTIATIONS* 18th June, 2020 Bangkok,...
Read MoreMula sa Lockdown patungong Crackdown:Pahayag ng Focus on the Global South laban sa Anti-Terror Law
12 Hunyo 2020* Nakikiisa ang Focus on the Global South sa mga progresibong grupo at mga kilusan sa mariing pagtutol sa napipintong pagpasa ng bagong anti-terror law sa Pilipinas. Ang pagratsada ng panukalang batas na ito...
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Breaking the Neoliberal Consensus in a COVID-19 World: An Agenda for India
9 May 2020 Economies around the world, and those in the developing world in particular, face...
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