Global Policy

WTO plans to do “business as usual”, despite the COVID 19 Crisis the global community is facing

Despite the ongoing pandemic of COVID 19 that is ravaging the world today, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is continuing to negotiate an outcome on fisheries subsidies. While...

Globalization 0.0: The real paradigm shift is for us to zero how we've done business until now

By Lamìs Shejni If you misdiagnose the problem, it's highly unlikely that you will find the appropriate solution. Though a well-known maxim in public policy circles, it would seem...

Open Letter to the President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and to the Heads of States in the Americas

Open Letter to the President of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and to the Heads of States in the Americas  The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is...

Civil Society Forum Statement at Closing Ceremony (UNCTAD 14)

UNCTAD 14 Civil Society Forum – Concluding statement at closing ceremony (Download PDF) H.E. President of Kenya, H.E. President of UNCTAD XIV, H.E. Secretary General of UNCTAD,...

331 Global and National Civil Society Organizations Demand that Members Affirm Development Mandate at United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 14

For Immediate Release, July 14, 2016       Contacts:Deborah James, djames@cepr.net or Jason Braganza, jbraganza@taxjusticeafrica.net...

Joint call: Organizations address demands to upcoming UNCTAD Conference

On July 17-22, 2016, UNCTAD member countries will meet for UNCTAD XIV, a conference that will decide the work program of the institution for the next four years. Center of Concern...

Treaty Alliance: UN Treaty must address corporate capture

Treaty Alliance's Statement Rio, 1 May, 2016 | The Treaty Alliance has called on civil society organisations (CSOs) everywhere to take action to combat corporate capture. At the...

A Regional Commission should not set International PPP Standards

CSO FfD GROUP’S LETTER TO CHALLENGE THE CURRENT ATTEMPTS BY UN ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE (UNECE) TO DEFINE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (PPPs) March...

Press release: Joint statement by African and Indian civil society on the Nairobi Ministerial of the WTO

PRESS RELEASE 27 October 2015 AFRICAN AND INDIAN CIVIL SOCIETY REMINDS AFRICAN AND INDIAN LEADERS OF THE ISSUES AT STAKE AND THE NEED FOR A CREDIBLE DEVELOPMENT OUTCOME AT THE...

Statement of the Members and Friends of the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition

Statement of the members and friends of the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition Annual meeting, Kathmandu, 20 to 22 July, 2015 We, the members and friends of the...

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