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US Supreme Court rules that the World Bank Group Can Be Sued
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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…
World Bank Arbitration Tribunal refuses to listen to those affected by mining in the Santurban of Colombia
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Letter on alarming developments in Bangladesh
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Brazil: in the wake of another deadly dam collapse, organizations call for Vale to be delisted from the UN Global Compact
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The EU-Singapore Investment Protection Agreement
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