Photo: Comfreak via PixabayThis 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…
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…
Together with 51 other organizations, SOMO signed a statement on climate change in support of the climate strike on Friday 27 September.
SOMO is taking part in the climate strike and is therefore closing its doors on Friday 27 September. We hereby join the young climate strikers on the street who demand an end to the era…
Over 100 organisations urge the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to fully implement the mandate provided in HRC resolution 31/36. They call for the release and transmission of the data, including the names of…
The Arab Human Rights Centre in Golan Heights, Al-Marsad, in coalition with 15 other organisations, including human rights groups, an academic institution, and a trade union, has submitted an emergency appeal to various United Nations…
The European Alliance for Responsible R&D and Affordable medicines organised in cooperation with Wemos, SOMO, Salud por Derecho, StopAids and Global Justice Now a webinar on public investments in biomedical research and development (R&D). The…
The Double Tax Agreement (DTA) between Indonesia and the Netherlands is often used by multinationals in tax avoidance planning, resulting in tax losses for the Indonesian government. More than 75% of the foreign direct investment…
‘ELDORADO — The Struggle For Skouries‘ is a prize-winning documentary about the civic struggle against destructive resource extractionism at Europe’s largest mining project located in Halkidiki, Northern Greece. Chronicling the resistance against high-risk gold mining…
Oxfam Novib and SOMO together provide their input on the draft law on unfair commercial practices for the agricultural and food supply chain. In addition to an apparently malfunctioning law to prevent late payments, the…
