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ENFOQUE: Los derechos humanos en las manos de la buena voluntad de las empresas

De las 100 mayores economías del mundo, 51 son empresas; sólo 49 son países.” Amnistía Internacional, 2021   L a globalización en el mundo actual ha resultado en cambios tanto a nivel micro como macro, con ventajas y desventajas, incluyendo nuevos desafíos cuando se trata de la protección de l...

Publicado el 25 de febrero de 2021 15:59

More than 60 MEPs call for justice in the Berta Cáceres case

61 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have sent a letter to Honduran authorities, including the president of the Republic Juan Orlando Hernández, expressing their deepest concern over the unjustified delays of the ongoing judicial process for the murder of Indigenous Lenca leader Berta Các...

Publicado el 29 de junio de 2021 15:30

Online discussion on the EU Due Diligence legislation

Access to justice and reparation for victims of human rights violations by business in Latin America Espacio de Redes and the EU-LAC Working Group[1] are organising an online discussion to identify recommendations for the European Union on access to justice and reparation in the framework of the ...

Publicado el 8 de octubre de 2021 11:40

Due Diligence from the EU: a call for an ambitious law that will change the paradigm in Latin America

On October 13, the EU-LAC Working Group together with Plataforma Europa Peru and CIDSE organised an online discussion on the upcoming proposal of the EU Due Diligence legislation, looking in particular at access to justice and reparation for victims of human rights violations by businesses in Lat...

Publicado el 28 de octubre de 2021 10:59

MEPs urge the immediate release of Gupainol environmental defenders, Sakharov finalists

Last 11th of February, the Supreme Court of Justice admitted the amparo appeals that had been presented, declaring the judicial process invalid and acquitting the defenders of Guapinol. However, the six of the Sakharov Prize finalists, that have already suffered 29 months of arbitrary detention i...

Publicado el 22 de febrero de 2022 10:45

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

Avant-premiere of “The Illusion of Abundance” in the European Parliament: a dialogue between civil society and European policymakers

Environmental defenders from Latin America at EU Parliament stir up sustainable due diligence debate On Wednesday the 12th of October, the EU-LAT Network together with over one hundred European policymakers, members of civil society active in the fight for environmental justice and human rights, ...

Publicado el 14 de octubre de 2022 08:31

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

Joint Letter on the EU-CELAC Summit and the Role of Civil Society

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

Joint Public Statement: Human Rights in New EU-LAC Relations

“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