Big congratulations to the bright young students who participated in @UNGeneva's Graduate Study Programme. The result: an amazing speech for @UNOG_DG on human rights and on tackling violence against women and children! https://t.co/Vqrka7txbB
Latinoamérica no ha logrado avances en la regulación, supervisión y sanción de abusos empresariales 🔴
Participamos en Seminario Regional sobre el desarrollo de leyes vinculantes frente a las empresas y los derechos humanos 🗣️
Abrimos hilo de las exigencias y panorama junto a @justicaglobal, @ObservatorioC, @PeruEquidad y @BHR_FIDH 👇🧵
FIDH and its Latin American members have been granted a hearing at the @CIDH!
Together with other partners, we will present our project on the development of national legislation for corporate accountability in the region.
Follow the webcast
➡️ https://t.co/UXtfWciQ8u
La Poste, France's postal service company, has been condemned for not respecting the Law on the Duty of Vigilance!
It is the first time that a company is found at fault in a case brought under this French law. 🧵👇
https://t.co/9W0amlEs5M
Our #OEIGWG side event at @UNGeneva has just begun!
Our panelists will discuss the latest developments for corporate #DueDiligence at the EU level and how they link with negotiations for an ambitious UN #BindingTreaty.
Live thread👇
After a tense AGM for Shell, tomorrow is TotalEnergies's turn!
The fossil fuels giant is facing calls from some investors to step up its climate targets.
Instead, Total hopes to see approved its own, far less ambitious plan for emissions cuts.
https://t.co/FsmI8PSPm1
⚠️ While a compromise text is to be submitted to the 🇪🇺Council on 1 Dec, France seems to be actively working to water down several key elements of the Directive on #CSDD (limiting value chain scope, excluding financial sector...).
What's happening @francediplo?
#BizHumanRights
🔴⚡️🇧🇷 Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, est élu président de la république fédérative du Brésil.
Ouvrier métallurgiste de profession, il revient au pouvoir 11 ans après son départ en battant le président d’extrême-droite Jair Bolsonaro.
#Eleicoes2022
Today the 8th session of the #BindingTreaty begins! @FIDH_en is mobilising with its partners for the adoption of an ambitious treaty to ensure the real protection of communities affected by the activities of polluting companies and #HoldBizAccountable!
https://t.co/Ll0OePsjqR
Ahead of the 8th session for a #BindingTreaty, sign up for our side-event on the damages of extractivism in Latin America! On the programme:
🔹Presentation of "La Ilusion de la Abundancia"
🔹Exchange on the importance of the LBI to protect communities
👉https://t.co/9RI554ZImW
🚨 DANGER INEDIT : après EACOP, @TotalEnergies prépare une bombe climatique qui va ravager l’océan, les animaux marins et les ressources des populations locales en Afrique du Sud.
RT pour empêcher cette catastrophe et rendre visible la révoltante cupidité de TOTAL 🧵
To fill the gaps left by the #CSDDD, reinforcing the EU's involvement in the #BindingTreaty negotiations is a must!
@JillDMcA & @GiuseppeDavideC explain why the two texts are complementary and need to be negotiated simultaneously ⤵
https://t.co/kOlPqd25Jg
🔥🔥🔥 Groundbreaking Views of #HRCttee on #Climatechange and rights of #indigenous communities- 👇 Press release + link to the decision
#Australia violated Torres Strait Islanders’ rights to enjoy culture and family life, UN Human Rights Committee finds https://t.co/N9b6d8nCiU
📣 Over 100 organisations from #Europe and beyond, including @fidh_en, are joining forces to call for a stronger european directive on #DueDiligence to #HoldBizAccountable and stand up to corporate lobbyist attempts to water down the draft.
Join us ! 👇
https://t.co/sQDnH3wgzi
🗣️Read our last #newsletter on #bizhumanrights : https://t.co/IVPLoxYkjj
🔹@UN recognises the right to a #HealthyEnvironmentForAll
🔹The 🇪🇺 Ombudswoman echoes FIDH’s demands
🔹Joint statement on conflict & #DueDiligence legislation
🔹and more!
📩Subscribe: https://t.co/2foNJARCeG
La Asamblea General de Naciones Unidas acaba de marcar un hito histórico. 161 países votaron a favor del reconocimiento del derecho a un medio ambiente sano!
🚨 An overwhelming majority of states of the #UN General Assembly recognized the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment! A historic vote and a new universal paradigm recognizing environmental protection as a fundamental right!
#HealthyEnvironmentForAll
.@AngloAmerican announced interim results today, showing earnings of £8,7bn + an interim payout to shareholders of £1,2bn. Yet the company has failed to address its toxic lead legacy in Kabwe, Zambia where generations of children have been poisoned with lead.
This morning, a resolution recognizing the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment was introduced in the UN General Assembly. This Thursday, the UNGA will take the historic decision to recognize this right for the first time at a global level. 1/14
🚨 During an expedition in the Javari Valley region, 2 tireless defenders of the Amazon, D Phillips & B Pereira, were killed. This tragedy highlights the govt's failure to protect #HumanRights & the "undeclared war against nature" raging in 🇧🇷.
@OECDwatch
https://t.co/3eWA3B2y57