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Due diligence expectations of telecoms companies doing business with repressive regimes – the case of Italtel and Iran
Telecom companies must not let their services become tools of repression
Five years after the business rush to Iran following the nuclear deal, multinationals providing telecom technologies to Iran must seriously step up their efforts to avoid causing or contributing to adverse human rights impacts, the…
Gaps in Governance of Responsible Business Conduct in Brazil
NGO Input to the OECD's RBC Policy Review for Brazil
FIDH, SOMO and Asser Institute organise expert meeting on UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights
On the 1st of February 2019, FIDH, SOMO and the Asser Institute have organised an expert meeting in The Hague, with the aim to contribute to the ongoing discussions on the draft of a ‘legally…
Brazil: organizations call for Vale to be delisted from the UN Global Compact
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…
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…
Civil society organisations respond to first progress report UN database of business in Israeli settlements
Civil society organisations respond to OHCHR’s first progress report on the UN database of businesses involved in Israeli settlements, and provide input for its normative framework and criteria for inclusion. Read statement The Centre for…
Robust methodology key to success of UN database of businesses involved in Israel’s settlements
The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) are publicly releasing their joint submission to the Office of the High Commissioner…
Support for database on business in/with Israeli settlements in occupied territories
SOMO, together with other civil society organisations, sent two communications to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in support of the UN Database on business activity in Israeli settlements, which is to be published December…
Human rights must be integrated into international investment agreements
Governments should place human rights at the core of international economic agreements, by integrating human rights protections into international investment and trade agreements and to ensure that these agreements do not impair governments’ abilities to…