Child labour in Madagascar’s mica sector
Impact of the mica supply chain on children’s rights from the Malagasy mines to the international product line
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CETA: Shortcut for American multinationals
How CETA opens up Europe to US multinationals
The trade agreement between Canada and the EU (CETA) would enable nearly 5,500 American companies to sue the Dutch government through the controversial arbitration mechanism ISDS. Publication / November 6, 2019 CETA: Shortcut for American…
Binding Treaty vs UNCITRAL
Land ownership in Colombia
The case of Bioenergy
Land ownership in Colombia. The case of Bioenergy
What is the relationship between land ownership, poverty and violence? How do government interventions deepen existing inequalities between (international) companies and local communities? What effects do laws and international standards have on the actual situation…
Governmental action against the Indonesian palm oil industry
Conditional withholding tax: three shortcomings
Three shortcomings
Re-cap: negotiations over the revised draft of a binding treaty on business and human rights
During the week of 14-18 October 2019, UN Member States negotiated over the revised draft of a binding instrument which aims to regulate (in international human rights law) the activities of transnational corporations and other business…
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