Actions

September 24th, 2014 is the 5th anniversary of the opening to signatures and ratifications of the OP-ICESCR. Take action now y beyond to call on your government to move forward and ratifiy the OP-ICESCR Pleasde download here the model letters to be sent to your government in the occasion (and...
The ILO Convention 189 and recommendation 201 spells out all the protection that is needed to ensure a decent life for domestic workers. This International law if ratified by the Trinidad and Tobago government must ensure that domestic workers are brought up in line as all other workers. Firstly we...
The ILO Convention 189 and recommendation 201 spells out all the protection that is needed to ensure a decent life for domestic workers. This International law if ratified by the Trinidad and Tobago government must ensure that domestic workers are brought up in line as all other workers. Firstly we...
Re-instate the clause on the need for the proper review of investor-state-dispute settlement clauses in trade and investment agreements that was included in the zero draft of the Addis Ababa Accord (but which has been removed from subsequent drafts). Why is this important? Investor-state-dispute-...
Forty international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and membership organizations call on the government of Cambodia to immediately withdraw the draft Law on Associations and Non-Governmental Organizations (LANGO). This legislation, if adopted, would seriously damage the ability of many...
After seven days of coordinated activities in some 43 countries, the Global Week of Action for #TaxJustice has culminated in the release of the Lima Declaration on Tax Justice and Human Rights. The Lima Declaration, already endorsed by over 100 organizations worldwide, calls for deep reforms to tax...
TO: Hon. Benigno Simeon Aquino III, President, Government of the Philippines CC: Hon. Jejomar Binay, Vice President, Republic of the Philippines. Chairman, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council\ Hon. Laarni Cayatano, Mayor, City Government of Taguig Hon. Loreta Anne Rosales, Chair,...
TO: President Benigno Aquino III CC: Department of Tourism Department of Public Service, City of Manila Elizabeth Espino, Director National Parks Development Committee Mayor Joseph Ejercito Estrada, City of Manila Philippine National Police Metro Manila Development Authority UN Special Rapporteur...

The widower of a human rights defender killed in 2010 has received information concerning plans to take his life. The threats follow a series of intimidating acts directed at him and others that are calling for the investigation of the murder.

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To: Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, President of The Philippines CC: Secretary Voltaire T. Gazmin, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles, Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Hon. Rosalinda Baldoz, Secretary, Department of Labor and Employment Ms...