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More than 90 organisations representing civil society, business, banks and investor interests, express deep concern over the misrepresentation of EU sustainability reporting as a threat to competitiveness

A call for smart implementation of EU sustainability rules over disruptive U-turns This statement is a response to the recent omnibus proposal announcement by EU Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen. The Commission has stated that scaling up sustainable finance is a major priority. Achievin...

Publicado el 12 de diciembre de 2024 11:25

Joint statement: A budget that delivers for people and planet

The EU-LAT Network joins 40+ organisations in urging the EU to adopt a bold, forward-looking budget and reframe its approach to international partnerships to be grounded in a rights-based framework that promotes human dignity, human security and equity. We highlight that addressing both current a...

Publicado el 5 de noviembre de 2024 14:36

GOOD PRACTICES for EP Resolutions, Press Releases and Statements of Delegations, Committees and their Chairs, or official letters by MEPs on human rights defenders; and for MFAs/EEAS

GOOD PRACTICES for European Parliament Resolutions, Press Releases and Statements of Delegations, Committees and their Chairs, or official letters by MEPs on human rights defenders. Read it here GOOD PRACTICES in communicating about Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) at risk, for EEAS, MFAs, EU d...

Publicado el 15 de octubre de 2024 09:33

EuroLat Meeting with Civil Society December 2022

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

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

Civil Society and MEPs call for improved access to justice for women

“Currently, legislative developments are not responding to the realities of women. Especially in the judicial system, we must not fall behind” – MEP Diana Riba. Selma Maxinez The 17th of November 2022, the EU-LAT Network co-organised the XI Annual Conference on Feminicide in the European Parlia...

Publicado el 23 de noviembre de 2022 10:20

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

Documentary ‘The Illusion of Abundance’

In a time when environmental justice is more important than ever, the EU-LAT Network, together with 20 other international organisations, has participated in the documentary The Illusion of Abundance, co-directed by Erika González Ramírez and Matthieu Lietaert. This documentary introduces us to B...

Publicado el 11 de octubre de 2022 12:19

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