Video Volunteers continues to train community activists to document the struggles of social movements and grassroots organizations to defend human rights in the Gandhamardan hills in Odisha, India
CELS, in collaboration with CESR and COC, has released a statement regarding the conflict between Argentina and the vulture funds, calling attention to how this problem could impact human rights
PODER has launched a new open data platform to address the lack of transparency and advance corporate accountability of the private sector in Latin America by monitoring companies, corporative elites and their government counterparts
Equitable Cambodia and Inclusive Development International expressed disappointment over ANZ Bank’s decision to cut business ties with the Cambodian firm Phnom Penh Sugar without first ensuring redress for the grave harms caused to hundreds of families
On 30 June, ESCR-Net sent a letter to the Government of Mexico to urge full protection for the rights of the Yaqui indigenous people who face serious threats as a result of the development of the “Independence Aqueduct” in the state of Sonora
The ESCR-Net Corporate Accountability Working Group released a public statement stating the CAWG “broadly welcomes the establishment of an open-ended intergovernmental working group by the UN Human Rights Council.”
Rights and Accountability in Developement (RAID), Bread for All and Fastenopfer just published a new report on Glencore’s activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that analyzes Glencore’s impacts in terms of environment, security and human rights