Topic: Corporate power
Global Compact on Refugees: a rich countries’ model for keeping others out
Article / 24th December 2018The UN General Assembly is set to vote on the final draft of the global compact on refugees as a basis for a more equitable sharing of the burden and responsibility for hosting and supporting the world’s refugees.
Global Peasant Declaration represents huge advance for human rights
Article / 24th December 2018Seventy percent of the world’s population is fed by small-scale producers. These producers, however, face an onslaught of threats related to economic globalisation.
After Paris: countries are not paying their fair share
Report / 14th December 2018A review of climate targets and commitments by each country has been released during the UN climate conference in Poland.
The people’s demands for COP24
Article / 5th December 2018These are the People’s Demands, our call to government delegates, grounded in people’s movements from every continent, that demand with one voice what is our birthright: climate justice.
Our food systems are collapsing and the alternative of agroecology has become a survival imperative
Report / 5th December 2018Dr. Vandana Shiva presents in the report The Future of Our Daily Bread: Regeneration or Collapse new evidence on the imminent collapse of our food systems if we continue on the path of industrial agriculture.
10 demands for an energy system based on people power and justice
Report / 5th December 2018Friends of the Earth International’s People Power Now manifesto sets out positive measures that will accelerate the transition towards a climate just world.
United Nations: Human rights at risk from tsunami of privatisation
Article / 26th November 2018Widespread privatization of public goods is systematically eliminating human rights protections and further marginalising the interests of low-income earners and those living in poverty, a United Nations human rights expert has said.
Two years into the SDGs – neoliberalised development?
Article / 19th November 2018By removing all discussions about power from their agenda, the SDGs reinforce the status quo of socio-political relations, writes Katerina Gladkova for the Transnational Institute.
69 of the richest 100 entities on the planet are corporations, not governments, figures show
Blog / 25th October 2018Top corporations continue to accrue revenues far in excess of most governments, figures compiled by Global Justice Now show. Comparing 2017 revenues, 69 of the top 100 economic entities are corporations rather than governments.
European governments are protecting big business over victims of human rights abuses
Blog / 12th October 2018World leaders will meet in Geneva next week to start negotiating a new international law to ensure companies respect human rights and the environment in their global operations. But a lack of support from European governments is putting this vital United Nations treaty at risk.