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Make Corona vaccines and treatment accessible for all
More than hundred civil society organizations, including SOMO, signed this open letter to the European Parliament and national parliaments that calls for support for the proposal that ensures equal and affordable access for all people…
Alternative Trade
A call for fair and sustainable trade
Event: Business as usual — Dutch neo-colonialism in Brazil
The Amsterdam Collective for Democracy in Brazil, together with SOMO, the Transnational Institute (TNI), and Both ENDS, invite you to a live online event of inspiring and challenging testimony, reflection and analysis on November 16,…
Online launch publication ‘Alternative Trade’
On 12 November at 16:00 pm, the Dutch coalition ‘Handel Anders’ (of wich SOMO is a member), releases a proposal for an alternative trade policy. Publication / November 12, 2020 Alternative Trade A call for…
Re-cap: 2020 negotiations over binding treaty on business and human rights
The final week of October saw the sixth round of negotiations for a Binding UN Treaty to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises. As in previous years, SOMO participated. However, this…
Analysis on the situation of trade unions in Myanmar
The US-based Solidarity Center The Solidarity Center is a U.S.-registered non-profit organization affiliated with the American Federation of Labor–Congress of Industrialized Organizations (AFL-CIO), which is the largest trade union federation in the United States representing…
Farewell interview with Ronald Gijsbertsen
'Companies won’t change by themselves'
Large Kenyan agribusiness under fire for assault and rape
79 Kenyans have filed a lawsuit against the British agro-multinational Camellia, the parent company of the Kenyan company Kakuzi. This company is accused of having committed systematic human rights violations against workers and inhabitants of…
Livecast ‘The end of corporate power?’
The power of multinationals will be discussed online on Friday 30 October, to mark the departure of Ronald Gijsbertsen as SOMOs executive director after 17 years. Speakers including, Channah Samkalden (law firm Prakken D’Olivera) and…
European tax havens help Ukrainian poultry giant to feather its nest
One of the largest exporters of chicken products to the European Union, the Ukrainian poultry giant MHP uses letterbox companies in tax havens Luxembourg and Cyprus to avoid taxes at home, new research by SOMO…
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