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An international group of civil society organizations, including SOMO, submitted today a request for the exclusion of the Brazilian mining company Vale from the United Nations Global Compact, the largest network for corporate social responsibility…
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Shell put Nigeria under pressure with ISDS process to obtain oil field OPL 245
Shell used the investment agreement between the Netherlands and Nigeria to obtain a lucrative oil field at remarkably good conditions. This follows from internal e-mails from the oil company. Friends of the Earth Netherlands and…
Providing remedy for victims of human rights violations in Brazil
The ‘Mind the Gap’ project, coordinated by SOMO, is a four-year project. With this project we want to increase respect for human rights and effective access to justice and remedy for individuals and communities whose lives…
Opinion of the Advocate General of the European Court diametrically opposed to widely-supported criticism of international investment arbitration
Om 29 January, the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice presented a preliminary opinion on the compatibility of the ICS arbitration mechanism – a derivative of the highly controversial ISDS – in CETA,…
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…
Unilever was negligent in protecting its own employees in Kenya
SOMO has countersigned this letter to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in the context of the appeal in the case of AAA & Others versus Unilever Plc and Unilever Tea Kenya Limited A2/…
No VIP rights for multinationals: human rights and environment first!
A Dutch coalition that includes SOMO as well as other civil society organisations and trade unions launched a new campaign on January 22nd. The No VIP rights for multinationals: human rights and environment first! campaign is…
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