🚨BREAKING Court approves Shell’s appeal to dodge emissions cuts: Friends of the Earth to continue fight against Big Polluters As #COP29 kicks off, the message is clear: Big Polluters MUST be held accountable Read our press release here👇 bit.ly/3UJR440

Building up to the UN Plastics Treaty negotiations #INC5 in Busan, South Korea, Friends of the Earth International member groups across 8 countries organised human signs to make the message clear: ‼️We demand a strong #PlasticsTreatyNow ‼️

📢 Yesterday in Strasbourg, the European Parliament debated the political and humanitarian situation in Mozambique. But behind this discussion lies a gloomy story of repression, corruption, and brutality linked to a megaproject led by TotalEnergies. 🧵 Let us explain 👇 #StopMozGas

🚨Stop the injustice🚨 Once again the trial of the 20 StopEACOP Ugandan activists has been adjourned due to the repeated absence of the state prosecutor. In Uganda, such absences often stall trials and prolong the unjust restrictions on the defendants’ freedom. That's not all ⤵️

🇵🇸 On #PalestineDay, we strongly renew our support to the Palestinian people and call for an immediate #CeasefireNow Here's how you can help: ✊ Join street protests in your respective communities ✊ Share pictures of solidarity with #FreePalestine

Idag är det #PalestineDay. Jordens Vänner står bakom Palestina och kräver en omedelbar vapenvila. Läs mer på: jordensvanner.se/artiklar/ingen… 🇵🇸✊

‼️Final Day at the UN #PlasticsTreaty Closing talks have started but we need more ambition. The current text just isn't good enough to address the global plastics crisis. Civil society will continue to push. It's time to reduce production and turn the tap OFF on plastics

🌍✨ Stort grattis till Anabela Lemos från JA! Justiça Ambiental Moçambique på #RightLivelihood-priset Hennes kamp inspirerar oss att sätta människor och planeten över vinstintressen. 💪

‼️Today we kick off the 10th session of the #BindingTreaty negotiations We're geared up to continue the struggle to dismantle corporate power and ensure that human rights prevail at the UN Human Rights Council The end of corporate impunity is on the horizon youtube.com/watch?v=vvJCHP…

‼️Side event with Global Inter-parliamentary Network "As national legislators we should use the UN #BindingTreaty to draw inspiration for national legislation. When an international treaty is adopted, states need to take administrative measures” Alírio Uribe, MP, Colombia (GIN)

“Articulation with the UN #BindingTreaty is essential even with a national law. We need access to justice and international cooperation that guarantees we can sue corporations in other countries so that affected peoples’ rights are truly respected” Manoela Roland Homa - Human Rights and Business Institute

Transnational corporations aren't a stakeholder when it comes to a #BindingTreaty to hold THEM accountable Violating #HumanRights, decimating the environment and tearing through communities for the sake of profit is a RED LINE TNCs, you and your reps are not welcome here👋

"For over a year, we've watched the live-streamed and corporate-backed genocide against the Palestinian people. The #BindingTreaty must close the gaps in international law that allow this destruction of human life and the planet to go unpunished" Andressa Soares Amigas da Terra Brasil

"I remind this entire room that what is at stake are millions of peoples lives, mainly in the Global South. The #BindingTreaty must be aligned with the most protective and effective norms, practices and doctrines in international human rights law." Pablo Fajardo UDAPT

10 years on we continue the struggle for a #BindingTreaty on human rights and transnational corporations We refuse to be pushed aside by corporate power at the UN as we demand access to justice and fight the continued silencing of the voices of those affected by corporate crimes

"Using the term stakeholders over affected individuals and communities as proposed by the US is beyond inadequate. We're not stakeholders interested in business decision-making, we demand that they respect our rights as they are obliged to." - Zakithi Sibandze RuralWomensAssembly

"There's no end to corporate impunity without access to justice. We stand by demands to ensure special protection for victims of corporate crimes in conflict areas, full reparation and emergency assistance, in solidarity with those affected." Abigail Hartshorn Jordens Vänner

"The term 'abuse' in the #BindingTreaty can be dangerous, causing a false hierarchy between states that “violate human rights” and transnationals that cause “abuses”, implying that TNCs can't commit violations and thus have no legal human rights obligations." @[email protected] (On Mastodon)

Tras 10 años, seguimos luchando por un #TratadoVinculante sobre #DDHH y empresas transnacionales. Exigimos acceso a la justicia y luchamos contra el silenciamiento de las voces de los afectados por los crímenes corporativos en la ONU.

Risken finns att reparationen av förstörda spår i norra Sverige slukar stora delar av den underhållsbudget som skulle användas för att rusta upp tågnätet, skriver två debattörer. ow.ly/uvIv50X0COE