CORPORATE REGULATION AND EXTRACTIVES
To allow corporations to set their own rules is to reinforce the link between money and power. The impacts of the activities of transnational corporations need to be regulated to protect life, human dignity, and the autonomy of communities.
The extractivist behaviour of corporations is displayed most directly in the mining industry, but it is also interconnected with all of our areas of work as a cause of land grabbing, CO2 pollution, and unjust food systems. We are addressing these systemic overlaps with coherent policy positions.
CIDSE leverages the resources of our international network to influence processes of international and national legislation that would oblige businesses to respect human rights. We advocate for the binding treaty – an international legally binding instrument to regulate the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises currently being negotiated in the UN – and our members push for national legislation on human rights due diligence.
CIDSE participates in spaces of exchange such as the Thematic Social Forum (TSF) on Mining and Extractivist Economy where grassroots movements have organized themselves into a dialogue around how to converge their struggles and recognize the commonalities of their injustices. Their perspectives inform our advocacy, and we support their participation in the legislative processes we are pursuing.
Stories
Publications
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News from CIDSE – November-december 2020
December 18, 2020Read our latest newsletter for an overview of our activities in November and December and find out what’s coming next! […]
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5 years after the crime in Mariana, impunity still reigns
November 5, 20205 November 2020 marks 5 years since the Fundão tailings dam burst in the municipality of Mariana in Minas Gerais, […]
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News from CIDSE – Sept.-October 2020
October 30, 2020Read our latest newsletter for an overview of our activities in September and October and find out what’s coming next! […]
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The crucial role of a Binding Treaty for cases like
October 30, 2020CIDSE held an interview with Luisa Rodríguez Gaitán and Jenny Paola Ortiz from the Centre for Research and Popular Education/Peace […]
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CIDSE’s engagement in the 6th Session of the UN Binding
October 23, 2020As part of its commitment to advocate for human rights above corporate interests CIDSE is, like every year, closely following […]