An overview of recent lobby statements by SOMO.
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SOMO supports ‘climate lawsuit’ against Shell
Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie), together with 17.000 Dutch citizens as co-plaintiffs, is taking Shell to court for breaching its legal duty of care by causing climate damage across the globe and undermining the…
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Bangladesh Accord in danger
In the aftermath of the Rana Plaza collapse, which led to the death of more than 1100 workers, trade unions and clothing brands created the ‘Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh’. The Accord is…
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Civil Society letter against digital trade rules in the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Over 300 organisations from more than 90 countries signed a letter to the World Trade Organisation to express their ‘profound and urgent opposition to these proposed negotiations which, if concluded, could result in the full…
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SOMO urges states to support environmental human rights defenders
During the 40th session of the UN Human Rights Council, member states deliberated on a resolution to support environmental human rights defenders. Ahead of the Council’s discussion of the draft resolution, nearly 200 civil society…
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UN High Commissioner must release database into business activities in settlements
Over 90 organisations call on the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Bachelet, to release the database of all business enterprises involved in Israeli settlements, in fulfilment of UN Resolution 31/36. The undersigned organisations express…
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Civil society request the UN to support the protection of the Colombian ‘páramo’
Civil society organizations, including SOMO, have sent a communique to Léo Heller, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Drinking Water and Sanitation. In it they warn that their rights are at serious risk…
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Call on UN to release database of businesses engaged in activities related to Israeli settlements
SOMO endorses the letter of Palestinian civil society organisations that urge the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to publicly release the UN Database of businesses engaged in activities in illegal Israeli settlements, during…
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Letter on alarming developments in Bangladesh
Letter to the Dutch ambassador in Bangladesh to share our deep concern about the further deterioration of political space for workers to exercise their fundamental rights in Bangladesh, and the ongoing serious and systematic labour…
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Organizations ask United Nations to delist Vale from Global Compact
In light of the dam collapse in Brumadinho (Brazil, Minas Gerais State), an international group of civil society organizations, including SOMO, submitted today a request for the exclusion of the Brazilian mining company Vale from…
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Letter to Bangladesh government to continue the Bangladesh Accord
Civil society organisations drafted a letter calling upon the Bangladesh government to allow the Bangladesh Accord to fully and independently continue operations in the country for the duration of the private contract, which remains binding…