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,...
Without a doubt, this year has changed the lives of all women and men in Mexico and the entire world. 2020 brought inestimable losses of life and the planet itself. The pandemic caused by COVID-19 has demonstrated that during recent years we have been surviving exploitation...
An urgent call has been launched from civil society organizations to the Peruvian State to guarantee the safety of indigenous women and small-scale women farmers who are human rights defenders. ● The State must respect, protect, and ensure the right that indigenous women and Quechua-speaking...
Verónica Vidal Degiorgis Deputy Director Proyecto de Derechos Económicos Sociales y Culturales A.C. (ProDESC) "What a surprise! I could not imagine that you could be like this. According to what you say, you have in your pocket a lot of money and a large project. Those who, like me,...
