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Clothing brands allegedly complicit in forced labour in Xinjiang
Human rights organisation ECCHR and Dutch law firm Prakken d’Oliveira have petitioned the Dutch Public Prosecutor to launch a criminal investigation into garment companies for complicity in the exploitation and enslavement of Uighurs in the…
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Re-cap: 2021 negotiations over binding treaty on business and human rights
From 25 until 29 October, states convened at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to negotiate on the third revised draft treaty on business and human rights. Compared to the previous draft, this text…
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On the legitimacy of the Inclusive Framework from a Global South perspective
Report on the BEPS Inclusive Framework of the OECD
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SOMO and Both ENDS condemn violence against Indigenous community near the Barro Blanco dam in Panama
Members of the Indigenous Ngäbe Buglé people were brutally attacked by Panamanian police on Friday 29 October 2021 on a parcel of private land near the FMO-financed Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam. The victims, all members…
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SOMO report on Moderna incites change
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SOMO’s recommendation for HERA – the new European centre for cross-border health threats
SOMO, together with a broad coalition, have sent a letter to health attachés and to the Health Commissioner of the European Union urging them to reconsider crucial aspects of the recently launched Health Emergency Preparedness…
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“ESG” investing: a climate friendly choice?
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Why is the EU still absent in UN negotiations on binding human rights rules for business?
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Declaration on mining and the energy transition ahead of COP26
SOMO and 140 other organisations support a just and rapid transition away from fossil fuels and towards a renewable energy system. However, we are concerned about the impacts of extracting minerals, such as lithium, cobalt,…
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SOMO condemns Israel’s designation of Al-Haq and other human rights groups as “terrorist organisations”
Last week, the Israeli Defense Ministry declared six Palestinian civil society organisations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) to be “terrorist organisations”. One of the organisations affected by the decision is SOMO’s long-standing partner Al-Haq,…
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Powerful financial industry lobby group frustrates structural debt relief for poorest countries
As the world’s poorest countries face dangerously high debt burdens, a powerful global interest group of the financial industry, the International Institute of Finance (IIF), frustrates structural debt relief initiatives by the G20. This is…
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The IIF & debt relief
How the Institute of International Finance lobbies to prevent private debt relief for developing countries
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Webinar Human Rights Due Diligence beyond the first tier
Wednesday 17 November 2021 3.00 – 4.30pm CET / 9.00 – 10.30am EST Register for webinar * indicates required Organisation First Name * Last Name * Email Address * You will receive the Zoom link…
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SOMO stands by its research results: Biomass from Estonia causes serious damage to nature
On 7 October, the interest group Energie-Nederland, which represents Dutch energy companies, published a critical report which they had commissioned forestry consultancy Indufor to carry out. The report disputes the conclusions of SOMO’s report “Wood…
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Corona chronicles
The impacts of the Covid-19 crisis on leather workers in Bangladesh, Pakistan and India
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Apply Open Data Principles in EU legislation on corporate reporting
Current corporate sustainability reporting is badly flawed as open data principles are not applied. SOMO supports the call on the EU Commission and the European Parliament to make sure that stakeholder access, interoperability and collaboration…
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Call to release Daw Myo Aye from Myanmar
We have serious concerns about the safety and wellbeing of Daw Myo Aye (also known as Myo Myo), leader of Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar (STUM), who has been detained since April by the military…
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