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Why is Due Diligence crucial for Latin America and the Caribbean ?

On the 23rd of February 2022, the European Commission published its proposal for a new European legislation on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence. The proposal aims to establish accountability and transparency mechanisms that ensure sustainable and responsible business conduct along supply ch...

Publicado el 2 de noviembre de 2022 13:08

XI Conference on Feminicide: fighting for gender justice

The 17th of November 2022, the EU-LAT Network organises the XI Annual Conference on Feminicide in the European Parliament, in cooperation with the Greens/EFA and the Heinrich Böll Stiftung. This year, the Conference will discuss the fight for gender justice, particularly affecting women in Latin ...

Publicado el 9 de noviembre de 2022 10:29

Events on Journalists at risk in Mexico and Central America

On the 24th and 25th of October 2022, the EU-LAT Network organises two events in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, on What it means to be a journalist in Mexico and Central America. In recent years, we have witnessed a deterioration of the situation that journalists in Mexico and Centr...

Publicado el 11 de octubre de 2022 10:38

Civil Society, MEPs and the EEAS discuss what it means to be a journalist in Central America and Mexico

The 24th and 25th of October 2022, the EU-LAT Network organised two public events in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, where journalists and policymakers discussed what it means to be a journalist in Central America and Mexico. On Monday the 24th of October, journalists from El Salva...

Publicado el 24 de noviembre de 2022 13:40

Civil society express concern over the proposed compromised text to the EU Due Diligence Directive

In February 2022, the European Commission proposed a Directive on Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence in order to minimize the negative impacts of EU trade agreements on human rights and sustainability around the world. However, on the 29th of July, a proposed compromised text to the Direc...

Publicado el 23 de noviembre de 2022 12:23

EU-Mexico Seminar and High-Level Dialogue

On the 1st and 4th of July 2022, the EU-Mexico Seminar and High Level Dialogue took place in Brussels, within the framework of the Global Agreement between both parties. It is in this line of work and articulation for advocacy with strategic allies, such as the CSO Space, that the EU-LAT Network ...

Publicado el 5 de julio de 2022 12:28

Defending the environment from corporate abuse: The case of Espinar in Perú

On the 14th of June 2022, the EU-LAT Network organised an event in the European Parliament in the framework of the Advocacy Tour on Espinar in Peru, which was led by the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group and the Renew group. Together with other civil society organisations and networks such as ...

Publicado el 16 de junio de 2022 12:47

EU-LAT Network, with its members, We Social Movements (WSM) and CNCD-11.11.11, has promoted the webinar “RELATION EUROPE-AMÉRIQUE LATINE & CARAÏBES” (in French).

The webinar, held last Thursday, April 28th, aimed to present a theoretical and practical overview of the work of European civil society and the impact of the network on EU-Latin American relations. During the webinar, discussions were held on: the work of Human Rights defenders, in particular th...

Publicado el 3 de mayo de 2022 11:40

Along with 226 civil society organizations, we call on the EU to strengthen the future directive on due diligence.

On February 23, 2022, the European Commission released its proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence. This directive could represent a historic step towards minimizing the negative impacts of companies on workers, communities and the environment around the world. In respo...

Publicado el 11 de mayo de 2022 09:09

We are hiring an external consultant to elaborate the Multiannual EU-LAT Network Strategic Plan.

Within the framework of our work, the EU-LAT Network develops Strategic Plans that are the basis for the development of our objectives. The purpose of the consultancy is to advise and conduct in a participatory manner, together with the members, the development of the network’s multi-year strate...

Publicado el 31 de marzo de 2022 15:13