Archiv Beiträge: English 2017

[Versión en castellano más abajo / version francaise ci-dessous] Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity Public Statement Tuesday 19th December 2017 According to our sources, the European Union (EU) delegation to the United Nations General Assembly’s Fifth Committee, which deals with budgetary matters, is trying to eliminate the financing … weiterlesen

Über 500 TeilnehmerInnen aus mehr als 40 Ländern kamen vom 25.-30. Oktober letzten Jahres zum bisher größten europaweiten Forum für Ernährungssouveränität in Cluj-Napoca (Rumänien) im Rahmen des zweiten Nyéléni Europe Forum für Ernährungssouveränität zusammen. Sie diskutierten fünf Tage lang, wie unser Lebensmittel- und Agrarsystem im Sinne der Ernährungssouveränität gestaltet werden soll. Menschen aus allen Bereichen … weiterlesen

Trade and investment protection agreements facilitate business enterprises‘ access to markets and raw materials, and protect investor interests with enforceable rights. Although human rights are a cornerstone of international law, so far there are only voluntary guidelines to safeguard them within the activities of global enterprises. This needs to change; human rights need a mandatory commitment. This is where the „UN treaty process“ comes in. It offers the chance for binding international regulation of global business: Since 2015, an intergovernmental working group has been negotiating an international human rights treaty that is binding for the contractual parties, outlines clear rules for business enterprises and strengthens access to justice for affected parties. The Treaty Alliance Germany – a coalition of organizations supporting such an approach – have formulated demands in a new position paper.

On the occasion of their bilateral summit held in June 2015, the European Union (EU) and Mexico agreed to renegotiate the Global Agreement in force since 2000. The main pillar of this bilateral treaty is a free trade agreement (FTA) due to be ‘modernized’ by way of the renegotiation. A new study published by Brot für die Welt, Misereor and FDCL addresses the potential social, environmental and human rights impacts that ‘modernization’ of the EU-Mexico FTA could cause. It also assesses the outcomes that the Global Agreement has produced so far.

The EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement (which is part of the Global Agreement) entered into force 17 years ago. The existing free trade agreement allowed the EU to get 95% of goods and services liberalisation. Yet, the EU has deemed this treaty “outdated”. The “modernised” EU-Mexico agreement aims to reach the same level of liberalisation as in the Canada-EU trade agreement (CETA). Because tariffs between Mexico and the European Union are already low, the proposed agreement would focus on deepening services liberalisation, regulatory issues, investors’ rights, government procurement and state enterprises, intellectual property rights and non-tariff trade barriers. It will include chapters on investment protection (including investor-state dispute settlement), regulatory cooperation, and intellectual property rights, among others.

Save the Date: Launch PPT in Barcelona on July 7-8, 2017 Important Request for Sign-On to the Call Before the launching of the tribunal and it is very important that the Call is widely endorsed. We aim to gather many endorsements which will also be submitted to the PPT. Your endorsement of the Call will … weiterlesen

We call States to participate actively in upcoming negotiations of the international treaty to ensure protection of human rights from the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises Sign the Statement Here http://www.treatymovement.com/statement This statement is also available in Spanish, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Chinese, Bahasa, Hindi, German and Italian. We welcome the two successful … weiterlesen

AUFRUF ZUR AKTION! Stoppen wir die Agenda der Welthandelsorganisation und der Freihandels- und Investitionsabkommen! Bauen wir Handelsbeziehungen, die den Menschen und der Umwelt dienen! 2017 wiederholen wir den Erfolg von Seattle in Buenos Aires! Deutsche Version Aufruf zur Aktion gegen WHO Konferenz Dezember 2017 LLAMADO A LA ACCION! ¡Frenemos la agenda de la Organización Mundial … weiterlesen