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Quick scan of the linkages between the Ethiopian garment and leather industry and the Dutch market
Updated mapping - October 2019
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Is Ethiopia becoming the “new Myanmar” of the garment industry?
Ethiopia is often called the fashion industry’s new hub, or even the “new Myanmar”. However, growth projections of the Ethiopian government are not being met, and the growth expectations of Western brands and retailers are…
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Letter about European Partnership on Innovative Health
The European Alliance for Responsible Research & Development and Affordable Medicines (of which SOMO is a member) wrote a letter to the European Commission to express our concern about the next EU Health Private-Public Partnership….
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Let the energy transition be a fair and truly sustainable transition
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Ready to engage?
A new publication by Oxfam Novib and SOMO brings together the current knowledge on the role of the private sector in fragile and conflict-affected settings, as well as practical guidance on what civil society’s engagement…
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Ready to engage?
An introduction for civil society organisations and other stakeholders on the role of business in fragile and conflict-affected settings
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Human Rights in Wind Turbine Supply Chains Update 2019
Assessing the level of due diligence conducted by wind turbine manufacturers supplying the Dutch market
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Round Table talks on a binding UN treaty on business and human rights
SOMO provided input for Round Table talks in the Dutch Parliament on a binding UN treaty on business and human rights which is now under discussion. Read more (in Dutch) >
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Child labour in Madagascar’s mica sector
Impact of the mica supply chain on children’s rights from the Malagasy mines to the international product line
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CETA: Shortcut for American multinationals
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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…
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Binding Treaty vs UNCITRAL
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Land ownership in Colombia
The case of Bioenergy
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Land ownership in Colombia. The case of Bioenergy
What is the relationship between land ownership, poverty and violence? How do government interventions deepen existing inequalities between (international) companies and local communities? What effects do laws and international standards have on the actual situation…
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Governmental action against the Indonesian palm oil industry
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Conditional withholding tax: three shortcomings
Three shortcomings
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Re-cap: negotiations over the revised draft of a binding treaty on business and human rights
During the week of 14-18 October 2019, UN Member States negotiated over the revised draft of a binding instrument which aims to regulate (in international human rights law) the activities of transnational corporations and other business…