Dismantiling transnational corporate power
6 October 2016 | Interviews | Monitoring transnationals | Week of Mobilization in Geneva
The French Senate will discuss for the second time on October 13 a bill on human rights violations perpetrated by national companies in their operations abroad. The bill, while not the only one of this kind in Europe, is an innovative one and despite being “weakened” since it was presented in Parliament in 2013, it could become a landmark at international level. Read more
21 September 2016 | Photo Galleries | Coup d´Etat in Brazil | Monitoring transnationals | Continental Day against Neoliberalism
Real World Radio presents a photo gallery of the International Seminar “European Union FTAs under discussion” that took place on Monday at the official building of the Legislative Branch in Montevideo, Uruguay. The Seminar gathered progressive European and Latin American MPs, representatives of social movements and organizations of the region with the goal to analyze the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) of the European Union with MERCOSUR, Central American countries, Mexico and Andean countries. See gallery
5 September 2016 | Chronicles | Monitoring transnationals
On August 18, Uruguayan civil judge Alejandro Martinez de las Heras ruled in first instance a requirement for the Uruguayan State oil company ANCAP (National Administration of Fuel, Alcohol and Portland Cement) to present a copy of the contract with the local subsidiary of the French oil company Total, regarding the block 14 of the continental shelf. Read more
12 July 2016 | Interviews | Monitoring transnationals | Mano a Mano
“This victory of Uruguay should translate into an urgent call to analyze, review, renegotiate or suspend all bilateral trade and investment protection treaties signed by the country, before we are exposed once again to new lawsuits that could have less positive outcomes that the recent one with Philip Morris”. Read more
17 June 2016 | Interviews | Criminalization of COPINH | Free Honduras | Monitoring transnationals | Land grabbing | Social activists at risk | Berta lives on!
The Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity & for Peoples Sovereignty carried out on Thursday a side event at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Read more
3 June 2016 | Special reports | Monitoring transnationals | Social activists at risk
The Global Campaign to Dismantle Corporate Power and Impunity organized last May 30th a Public Session at the European Parliament, available in video below. Read more
5 February 2016 | Interviews | Monitoring transnationals
Several Barrick Chile´s top officers appeared in a national court which is aiming to determine the company´s intention in terms of the lack of compliance surrounding the building of the Pascua Lama mining project, which has caused serious environmental pollution. Read more
3 February 2016 | News | Monitoring transnationals
While transnational corporations have long committed human rights abuses with impunity, a new U.N. initiative championed by Ecuador aims to hold multinationals accountable at the international level. Read more
3 December 2015 | Videos | UN Climate Change COP 21 | Monitoring transnationals | Pinocchio Awards 2015
US oil company Chevron, French energy company EDF and bank BNP-Paribas, also from France, were awarded on Thursday with the “Pinocchio Climate Awards” that “recognized” the role of companies that cause serious socio-environmental impacts in different parts of the world and undermine climate policies. Watch video
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