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News / 1st December 2020

Debating mandatory human rights due diligence legislation: a reality check

Many countries are adopting or considering mandatory human rights due diligence legislation. In April 2020, the EU Commissioner for Justice committed to an EU-wide initiative on corporate due diligence, to be presented in 2021. These…

News / 5th November 2020

Re-cap: 2020 negotiations over binding treaty on business and human rights

The final week of October saw the sixth round of negotiations for a Binding UN Treaty to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises. As in previous years, SOMO participated. However, this…

Advocacy / 15th October 2020

Solidarity with the Indonesian people against omnibus law

SOMO supports a statement by the Asia Europe People’s Forum (AEPF) in solidarity with the people’s movement in Indonesia who are struggling to reclaim democratic rights and economic sovereignty against the monopolist power of oligarchs…

Advocacy / 15th July 2020

SOMO and Al-Haq submit report to UN on German multinational HeidelbergCement

SOMO and its partner organisation Al-Haq have submitted a report to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, suggesting to include German multinational HeidelbergCement in the yearly update of the UN Database of companies…

News / 10th July 2020

Five strategies corporations use to avoid responsibility for human rights abuses

Hiding behind complex supply chains, undermining unions, disseminating distorted information – these are just a few of the ways that corporations try to avoid responsibility for human rights abuses and environmental damage across their supply…

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Publication / 10th July 2020

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Corporate strategies to avoid responsibility for human rights abuses – summary
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Publication / 8th June 2020

Gaps in Governance of Responsible Business Conduct in Brazil

NGO Input to the OECD's RBC Policy Review for Brazil
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Advocacy / 19th March 2020

Submission to the UN Open-ended working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises

ACIDH, Al-Haq, ECCJ, PremiCongo, PODER and SOMO sent in a joint submission to the UN Open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights. SOMO and its partners…

News / 4th February 2020

German cement giant involved in serious violations against Palestinians

The German multinational HeidelbergCement is complicit in the pillaging of natural resources from the Nahal Raba quarry in the occupied West Bank, with serious human rights violations against Palestinians, a new report by SOMO and…

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Publication / 4th February 2020

Violations Set in Stone

HeidelbergCement in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
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News / 31st January 2019

Providing remedy for victims of human rights violations in Brazil

The ‘Mind the Gap’ project, coordinated by SOMO, is a four-year project. With this project we want to increase respect for human rights and effective access to justice and remedy for individuals and communities whose lives…

News / 28th November 2018

Worldwide partnership securing human rights

This week, 60 people, primarily from civil society, from all over the world met in Geneva at the UN Forum on Business and Human Rights to discuss the analytical framework of the new project ‘Mind…

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Publication / 22nd November 2018

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Countering the corporate strategies behind human rights abuse
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News / 29th November 2017

“Mind the gap” partner meet-up at the 6th annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

SOMO’s presence at the 6th annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland, provides an excellent opportunity to combine content with networking and important face time with partners from around the globe….

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