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On the eve of the possible annexation of (parts of) the West Bank, we present two related webinars on current developments in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel. On Thursday 4 June, three experts talk…
SOMO and seven other NGOs have sent a joint letter to mining multinational Rio Tinto to formally complain about the lack of response to questions raised by shareholders and proxy attendees at the company’s Annual…
As the corona virus sweeps the globe, affecting the health and lives of millions, the pandemic is wreaking further economic havoc on the lives of artisanal, small scale miners and their communities. Around 83 per…
Workers in global supply chains at great risk As the corona crisis grips the globe, some of its most severe health and economic impacts are felt by vulnerable workers and communities that sustain the global…
Research by SOMO into the world’s 27 largest pharmaceutical companies shows that over the past eighteen years, the sector has shifted its focus from being a pharmaceutical producer to an investment industry. The research undermines…
SOMO is a member of the Clean Clothes Campaign network and supports the following statement of the Clean Clothes Campaign: The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing the grossly unequal power relations that define global garment supply…
The GoodElectronics Network, SOMO, and the Business, Human Rights Environment Research Group of Greenwich University (BHRE) released a report that proposes a new approach to the urgent need for disclosure and transparency in the global…
SOMO’s mission is to research, reveal and redress the power of multinationals; however, the corona pandemic has dramatically changed the context of our work and we have had to reconsider our activities. The pandemic shows…
In this online story, SOMO and the Mongolian NGO OT Watch show how international corporate and diplomatic pressure over the past 30 years prevents Mongolia to profit from its own natural resources. The story is a follow…
With this letter, a broad coalition of NGOs and experts calls on the Dutch government to support Costa Rica’s proposal to create a global pool of rights to the data, knowledge and technologies useful in…
Since the outbreak of the new coronavirus, the European Commission has allocated millions of Euros to promote research on COVID-19. Several national governments have also mobilised substantial resources to support the development of diagnostics, treatments…
