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Two rounds of intersessional consultations on the proposed UN Binding Treaty on business and human rights took place on April 7–8 and April 9–10. The sessions revealed a deeper political question: what kind of rules should govern transnational business activity—and in whose interest. At its core, this treaty process is about addressing violations and abuses, holding corporations accountable, and building conditions for communities and ecosystems to thrive, with clear rules that ensure economic activity respects human rights and the planet.

The illegal attack by the US and Israel in Iran and Lebanon, and the deepening conflict in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has become the ultimate escalation of the economy of war and a new threat to the rule of law. The war is causing massive destruction, claiming thousands of civilian lives, and putting countless more at risk. Even as the genocidal violence in Palestine continues, this new war is a profound breach of international law and an escalation of imperialist foreign policy by the US and Israel.

The announcement by Nayib Bukele to reactivate mining in El Salvador marks a dangerous shift that deepens patterns of environmental harm, dispossession, and violence, raising alarm among communities and environmental defenders. In this context, the agroecological production project of MUFRAS-32 in San Isidro was deliberately attacked and set on fire, destroying infrastructure, crops, and irrigation systems that had sustained community work for decades. Local activists point to this attack as part of a broader pattern of escalating pressure linked to government interests in reopening mining operations in the region.