The Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO) is a critical, independent, not-for-profit knowledge centre on multinationals.
After all the demonstrations and protests against TTIP and ISDS almost two years ago, the streets and the media have gone quiet again. After a public outrage that brought tens of thousands to the streets,…
On 10 and 11 april, SOMO is co-organising a two-day workshop in Tanzania on Business and Human Rights in Eastern and Southern Africa. This workshop will provide a forum for over 50 participants to share…
(according to figures from the Dutch Central Bank) The new Dutch government, installed in October last year, claims it wants to get rid of the international reputation of the Netherlands as a tax haven. Previous…
On 20 March, the European Council provided the European Commission with the requested mandate to start negotiations for a Multilateral Investment Court (MIC) to settle disputes between investors and states. The European Commission is of…
Advanced pricing agreements (APAs) also known as ’comfort letters’ or ’sweetheart deals’. These special types of tax rulings are secret agreements signed between multinational corporations and governments to define the future terms of taxation. The…
SOMO joins the call of a coalition of civil society organizations for the EU and its member states to focus on a collective redressCollective redress is a term used in the EU for a mechanism…