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In February of 2022, the European Commission proposed a groundbreaking Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDDD), laying the foundation for a legislative approach for European companies to protect human rights and the environment on a global scale. If robust, the Directive has t...
Publicado el 30 de noviembre de 2022 10:05
On December 1st, 2022, the EU-LAT Network participated in the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly – EuroLat meeting with civil society, held in the European Parliament in Brussels. During this session, which took place as part of the meetings of the EuroLat Standing Parliamentary Committee...
Publicado el 5 de diciembre de 2022 17:51
In an Open Letter directed at the European authorities, the EU-LAT Network and the Plataforma Europa Perú (PEP) express great concern about the Human Rights violations that have occurred in light of the recent political developments in Peru. Since the events on the 7th of December 2022, an alarmi...
Publicado el 25 de enero de 2023 12:39
In the wake of the “Qatargate” corruption scandal, the European Parliament has decided to dramatically shrink the length of its urgent resolutions on human rights, undermining the very strength these resolutions. Instead of the newly imposed 500 word-limit, the following measures could be taken t...
Publicado el 30 de enero de 2023 17:49
The EU-LAT Network is pleased to publish its new Strategic Framework “The Reference point network for European Civil Society on Human Rights in Latin-America”, which outlines the network’s strategic direction and priorities from 2023 to 2028. The document was officially endorsed by the EU-LAT Ge...
Publicado el 2 de febrero de 2023 13:27
During the first EU-CELAC Ministerial Meeting since 2018 in October of 2022, the Ministers of foreign affairs from the EU and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) agreed upon “Renewing the bi-regional partnership to strengthen peace and sustainable development”. This meeti...
Publicado el 10 de febrero de 2023 15:18
The EU-LAC Working Group, of which the EU-LAT Network is a member, published a Joint Letter on the EU-CELAC Summit and the Role of Civil Society, addressed to HR/VP Josep Borell and Commissioner for International Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen. The EU-LAC Group, a platform of European networks and...
Publicado el 23 de febrero de 2023 16:22
“Good due diligence is by nature gender-sensitive” – MEP Lara Wolters. On Monday March 6, the EU-LAT Network co-hosted the event ‘Hidden in Plain Sight – Women’s Rights and Access to Justice in Global Value Chains’, in cooperation with the European Coalition of Corporate Justice, ActionAid, Anti-...
Publicado el 7 de marzo de 2023 12:56
On the 22nd of March 2023, the EU-LAT Network organized and hosted a round-table event at the European Parliament called “Her Rights, Her Voice. Women’s Rights Defenders in Latin America – the case of Buenaventura, Colombia”. In cooperation with MEP María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos (Renew) and PBI Co...
Publicado el 8 de marzo de 2023 15:23
“Human rights should lie at the centre of the forthcoming Joint Communication and of EU-LAC relations, mainstreamed across all issues and countries, not only as one of multiple priorities.” Ahead of the Joint Communication by the European Union (EU) on its relations with Latin American and the Ca...
Publicado el 17 de abril de 2023 09:33