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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 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…
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
Dutch banks unconsciously allow consumers to invest in palm oil companies
Private investors have been investing unwillingly and unintentionally in palm oil companies for years. By investing in funds offered by ABN AMRO, ING and Rabobank, they invest in these companies without being informed about this…
CETA: facts and myths
The free trade agreement between the EU and Canada
Dutch campaign against the repeal of the dividend tax started
Tax Justice Netherlands started a campaign to stop the repeal of the Dutch dividend tax. The Dutch Cabinet is planning to introduce a bill in the Lower House in September to repeal the dividend tax….
Public consultation platform launched to influence Dutch investment treaties
SOMO, TNI, Milieudefensie and Both ENDS have launched a new public consultation platform with the purpose to engage as many people as possible to influence the new blueprint for bilateral investment treaties (BITs): www.tijdvooreerlijkehandel.nl. The…
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