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07 Mar ProDESC’s PERSPECTIVE ON THE PUBLICATION OF THE PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL ON CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY DUE DILIGENCE
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...
15 Feb URGENT APPEAL: DEFENDERS OF LAND, TERRITORY AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF UNIÓN HIDALGO, OAXACA, AT RISK
[button size='large' style='' text='Download' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://drive.google.com/file/d/1imcuHWcOKKNX9WjcebflWL-v_WOvWaCm/view?usp=sharing' target='_blank' color='#ffffff' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='#7B3C66' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] AU-ProDESC: 1/2022 MEXICO CITY, 11 FEBRUARY 2022 URGENT APPEAL: DEFENDERS OF LAND, TERRITORY AND HUMAN RIGHTS OF UNIÓN HIDALGO, OAXACA, AT RISK [vc_row][vc_column width='1/2'] Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez Under Secretary for Human Rights, Population...
12 Jan Joint statement on delay to EC’s Sustainable Corporate Governance initiative
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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...
01 Dec PRESS RELEASE EDF in Mexico: Paris court misses opportunity to prevent human rights violations
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...
09 Mar FEMINIST ARTICULATION: THE KEY TO DEFENDING LABOR RIGHTS
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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,...
09 Mar PRODESC: 15 YEARS BUILDING SPACES OF HOPE AND DIGNITY
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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...