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Tea Time for change: the most important cuppa of the year!
On June 9th, 131 MPs sat down over a cup of tea with their constituents in Westminster. The lobbyists were calling for commitments on aid, transparency and the Robin Hood Tax.
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TAGS: 165.Aid, 267.Campaigning news, 175.Climate change and environment, 263.News, 28.Robin Hood Tax
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CAFOD at key Cancun climate change talks
Monday 29 November sees the start of a fortnight of United Nations Climate Change Conference talks in Cancun, Mexico. The talks – attended by CAFOD – represent the sixteenth annual meeting of the Conferences of Parties (COP). The Conferences of Parties represent countries across the globe and non-governmental organisations that first convened at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992.
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Press release: Xstrata mine protests: Aid agency CAFOD welcomes release of Peruvian partners
Two CAFOD partners who had been detained by police whilst investigating human rights abuses near Anglo-Swiss mining company Xstrata‟s new Tintaya site in Peru have been released along with six others. Their arrest on unsubstantiated charges came following complaints of intimidation by local security forces.
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TAGS: 287.Extractives, 218.Peru, 328.Press release
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Press release: CAFOD analysis of the Los Cabos final declaration
CAFOD's economics analyst Christina Wella reviews the Los Cabos final declaration
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TAGS: 175.Climate change and environment, 261.Economic justice, 176.Food, 329.G20, 328.Press release
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CAFOD warns government: Do not end legal protection for victims of UK multinationals
New laws will make it impossible for people in poor countries to seek justice in British courts for human rights breaches by UK multinationals.
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CAFOD calls on UK mining company to change its ways as torture case settled out of court
CAFOD is continuing to press for fundamental changes in the behaviour and monitoring of extractive companies in Peru, following recent developments in the case of British mining company, Monterrico Metals.
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Deadlock on anti-corruption framework must end
Failure by countries to agree an effective monitoring and review process in Doha next week will perpetuate poverty in the developing world, say more than 100 faith leaders in a letter to the UN Secretary General
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Coalition urges UN to fight corruption
Faith leaders and relief agencies urge UN to fight the corruption that compounds poverty
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Doing Business Rankings Statement (248 kB)
The Doing Business Rankings are a best-seller for the World Bank but they can undermine labour standards, tax justice and access to land in developing countries. They also do little to help poor small business owners.
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Get clued up: Business and corporations
Small businesses are the main source of employment in most countries. And as economic entities, the largest international businesses dwarf many countries.
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TAGS: 187.advocacy, 166.Business and work, 17.Campaigning, 267.Campaigning news, 260.Private Sector
RELATED TAGS: 187.advocacy, 166.Business and work, 17.Campaigning
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