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…
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Growing investment in developing country bonds problematic for financial stability
Bonds from emerging market and developing countries are becoming more ‘popular’ with global investors as interest rates and profitability prospects are falling in developed countries. The major reason for the rising demand for these bonds…
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The risky interconnectedness between investment funds and developing country debt
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The Netherlands must ensure that human rights prevail over business
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UN Binding Treaty: time for constructive engagement from the EU and member states
This week, during the fifth IGWG session in Geneva, governments have the chance to negotiate a legally binding UN Treaty that requires transnational corporations and businesses from every country to respect our planet and our…
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Continued delay UN database is unfounded and unacceptable
The undersigned organisations express their serious concern and disappointment that the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights did not transmit to the Human Rights Council, at its 42nd session, the database of all…
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Benchmarks for climate-friendly investments
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An EU definition of green finance in the making?
A legal framework for a EU definition
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EU initiatives to regulate financing of climate-friendly activities: a short overview
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New EU law obliges investors to disclose sustainability risks
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