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CETA: Shortcut for American multinationals
How CETA opens up Europe to US multinationals
The trade agreement between Canada and the EU (CETA) would enable nearly 5,500 American companies to sue the Dutch government through the controversial arbitration mechanism ISDS. Publication / November 6, 2019 CETA: Shortcut for American…
Organisations urge Dutch Minister to avoid settlement with Shell
Several organisations, including SOMO, have urged the Dutch Minister of Justice and Security, Mr. Grapperhaus, to avoid seeking a (potential) settlement with Shell in what could be the largest corruption case ever in the oil…
Examining Power, Fighting for Justice
On June 3rd, Milieudefensie, ActionAid IUCN and SOMO will organize an interactive event which will focus on power structures in our supply chains and the obstacles that activists face when they stand up against corporate…
SOMO supports ‘climate lawsuit’ against Shell
Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie), together with 17.000 Dutch citizens as co-plaintiffs, is taking Shell to court for breaching its legal duty of care by causing climate damage across the globe and undermining the…
Dutch civil society organisations sound the alarm: Dutch Minister must save human rights treaty
Last week, a leaked document suggested that the European Union (EU) will no longer participate in negotiations for a legally binding UN treaty on business and human rights. That would be the final nail in…
Bend or break
How Shell used an international investment treaty to browbeat Nigeria into a lucrative deal on OPL 245 oil field
Shell pressured Nigeria with ISDS process to obtain oil field OPL 245
In Bend or Break, SOMO and Friends of the Earth Netherlands reveal how Shell used a bilateral investment treaty between the Netherlands and Nigeria to secure the rights over a lucrative oil field. Publication /…
The Netherlands should provide input for a binding UN treaty on business and human rights
On 14 November 2018, the Dutch Committee on Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (BuHaOS) will meet in the House of Representatives to discuss the binding UN treaty on business and human rights, during a Parliamentary…
Investment Funds
The untold story about the link between Dutch banks and industrial palm oil companies
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