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7 September 2023

The UN must speak up loud and clear for the right to water – with being shackled by the interests of big business

Chloé Maurel: “Under the 17 ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) proclaimed by the UN in 2015, goal 6 aims to ensure access to and the sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. But will these declarations remain a dead letter in a world where [...]Read the full article

Negotiating the two faces of digitalisation

12 July 2023

Labour

Negotiating the two faces of digitalisation

Christina Colclough: “Whilst the process of automation is nothing new, the extent and speed of it is. It has been estimated that over 300 million jobs worldwide will be severely affected by these systems.”Read the full article

How Europe's broken legal migration system produces its border crises

30 June 2023

Human rights

How Europe’s broken legal migration system produces its border crises

Farhad Mirza: The West keeps shifting the blame for these failures on smugglers and dodgy economic migrants but it is time it reckoned with its active role in shaping this murderous landscape.Read the full article

What social responsibilities should private companies have?

22 June 2023

Development

What social responsibilities should private companies have?

Vicente Salas: “Many of the proposed initiatives for change and groundbreaking reform start from a recognition of the limitations of nation states to act in cooperation. Instead, these reforms seek to turn companies/legal entities into the implementing arms of [...]Read the full article

Europe can make a real difference in the fight for democracy and trade union rights in the Philippines

8 June 2023

Labour

Europe can make a real difference in the fight for democracy and trade union rights in the Philippines

Claes-Mikael Stahl: The ETUC is standing with our brothers and sisters in the Philippines. We urge the EU institutions to do everything in their power to ensure that there are sufficient guarantees from the government of the Philippines to ensure that there is [...]Read the full article

How about giving human security a chance?

1 June 2023

Human rights

How about giving human security a chance?

Jesús A. Núñez Villaverde: Global military spending has continued to rise for the eighth year in a row. Seen from a traditional state security perspective – which generally assumes that more weapons means more security – this could be interpreted as good news. But is [...]Read the full article

A just transition guaranteed by international law is within reach – here's how

25 May 2023

Environment

A just transition guaranteed by international law is within reach – here’s how

Ruwan Subasinghe: A human rights-based approach to climate action is imperative to ensure a just transition for workers and communities. In order to effectively mobilise resources to enable a transition to low-carbon climate resilient societies, just transition [...]Read the full article

Protecting workers' rights in digitised workplaces – knowing what we need to know

4 May 2023

Labour

Protecting workers’ rights in digitised workplaces – knowing what we need to know

Christina Colclough: Across the world, workers are increasingly subjected to digital systems and technologies. Unless workers and their unions build the capacity to understand how these technologies work, and what causes the harms and otherwise negative impacts on [...]Read the full article

Are the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse just a series of shocks, or signs of a systemic crisis?

27 April 2023

Politics & economy

Are the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse just a series of shocks, or signs of a systemic crisis?

Daniel Kostzer: “The response to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse are both powerful examples of the underlying logic of capitalism, that a bank can be bailed out in a matter of hours but during the Covid-19 pandemic it took most governments [...]Read the full article

In Argentina, and elsewhere in Latin America, the fight against corruption almost exclusively targets the left

30 March 2023

Politics & economy

In Argentina, and elsewhere in Latin America, the fight against corruption almost exclusively targets the left

María Ana Skotadi: In Argentina and throughout the region, the fight against corruption shows signs of systematic bias against left-wing leaders. Their political opponents have weaponised the media and the justice system and resisted the progressive will of [...]Read the full article

Why Georgian civil society wants to remain mobilised despite the withdrawal of the ‘foreign agents' law

23 March 2023

Politics & economy

Why Georgian civil society wants to remain mobilised despite the withdrawal of the ‘foreign agents’ law

Blandine Lavignon: Georgia was rocked in early March by historic demonstrations in opposition to a draft law that would label media and NGOs receiving foreign funding as ‘foreign agents’. Civil society actors explain what is at [...]Read the full article

Women's right to land is the foundation for a better tomorrow

9 March 2023

Development

Women’s right to land is the foundation for a better tomorrow

Kalpana Karki: “According to a study by the International Land Coalition, South Asia and Latin America exhibit the highest levels of agricultural land inequality, with the top 10 per cent of landowners capturing up to 75 per cent of agricultural land and the [...]Read the full article

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