Ending Gag Lawsuits in Europe: Protecting Democracy and Fundamental Rights

Protecting Democracy and Fundamental Rights Find the PDF version of this paper here. The problem: gag lawsuits against public interest defenders The EU must end gag lawsuits used to silence individuals and organizations that hold those in positions of power to account. Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP) are lawsuits brought forward by powerful actors […]

An Open Letter to the Organizers of the United Nations Virtual Forum on Business and Human Rights: New Challenges. New Approaches, Asia and the Pacific, to be held on June 9 -11, 2020

–    the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights  (UNWG); –    the United  Nations  Development  Programme (UNDP); –    the International  Labour Organization  (ILO); –    the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF); –    the United  Nations  Entity  for  Gender Equality  and  the  Empowerment  of  Women  (UN  Women) and, –    The United  Nations  Economic  and  Social Commission […]