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Advocacy / 2nd December 2021

Mind the Gap submission on corporate capture to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights

In this submission, the Mind the Gap consortium focuses on the widespread tolerance of corporate lobbying. To provide a background context in which this submission has been prepared, first our framework outlining strategies that corporations…

Advocacy / 4th November 2021

Mind the Gap consortium condemns Israel’s designation of Al-Haq and other human rights groups as “terrorist organisations”

On the 19th of October, the Israeli Defense Ministry declared six Palestinian civil society organisations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) to be “terrorist organisations”. One of the organisations affected by the decision is Mind…

Advocacy / 18th March 2021

Transparency needed regarding annual update UN database

While the world is facing the devastating impacts of the Corona pandemic, Israel has escalated its illegal demolition of Palestinian homes and properties, hitting a four-year high. With this statement therefore, SOMO together with 41…

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…

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…

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