“Renewed EU Great Lakes Strategy”: A Missed Opportunity for Good Governance and Human Rights

The European Network for Central Africa (EurAc) welcomes the adoption of a new European Strategy for the Great Lakes, which sends a strong signal in favor of peace and sustainable development in the region.However, EurAc is deeply concerned about the narrow economic-oriented approach chosen by the European Union (EU) as a global response to conflicts […]
Civil society letter to the OECD on human rights defenders and the update of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

10 February 2023 Ms. Christine Kaufman Chair of the Working Party on Responsible Business Conduct Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Mr. Allan Jorgensen Head of the Responsible Business Conduct Unit OECD Dear Ms. Kaufman and Mr. Jorgensen: We send you this letter on behalf of 31 civil society organizations and human rights experts […]
International Civil Society Organizations on Alert for the Humanitarian Situation and the Violation of Human Rights in Arauca, Colombia

[Bogota, Colombia] 24 January 2022 – The international civil society organizations signed on to this statement are alerting to the serious humanitarian and human rights crisis affecting the civilians of Arauca in Colombia. The crisis has exacerbated in recent days, but social organizations have been denouncing the situation in the region for several years now. […]