SOMO is co-organising two debates (in Dutch) in the run-up to the Dutch elections on 17 March. Het Grote Buitenlanddebat – 24 February During the “Grote Buitenlanddebat”, candidate MPs will debate the role of the…
The German energy company RWE has filed a complaint against the Netherlands because of its regulation banning the use of coal in electricity generation from 2030 onwards. Milieudefensie, SOMO, the Transnational Institute and the Handel…
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…
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…
SOMO supports a statement by the Asia Europe People’s Forum (AEPF) in solidarity with the people’s movement in Indonesia who are struggling to reclaim democratic rights and economic sovereignty against the monopolist power of oligarchs…
On 13 May, SOMO and seven other organisations that put questions to Rio Tinto at its London AGM on 8 April wrote an open letter to Rio Tinto’s Chief Executive Office, Jean-Sebastien Jacques, because the…
SOMO and seven other NGOs have sent a joint letter to mining multinational Rio Tinto to formally complain about the lack of response to questions raised by shareholders and proxy attendees at the company’s Annual…
