Alejandra Ancheita Alejandra Ancheita is a feminist lawyer and human rights defender in Mexico. She is the founder and Executive Director of the Mexican NGO Proyecto de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales A.C. (ProDESC). Academic formation Alejandra Ancheita has a law degree from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM)....
The publication by the European Commission of a proposal for a directive on corporate due diligence and sustainability represents an important step for those of us who for months have been participating in consultations, forums and debates with high expectations that the proposal can crystallise...
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The EU’s legislative proposal for a Sustainable Corporate Governance initiative, including mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence for EU businesses across their global value chains, and improved corporate accountability, was again expected this month – and was again delayed. With no clear indication when...
French wind park project continues to endanger indigenous community Berlin/Mexico City/Paris, 1 December 2021 – The civil court in Paris (tribunal judiciaire) missed a historic chance to protect the rights of a Mexican indigenous group against France’s corporate interests: Yesterday, instead of ordering French energy giant...
FEMINIST ARTICULATION: THE KEY TO DEFENDING LABOR RIGHTS In March, 2020, I had just recently started working as ProDESC’s Deputy Director of Operations. During the previous eleven years, my professional life had been marked by working in an international feminist organization and in environments exclusively of,...
