October 2016

Geneva, 24-28 October 2016: Week of peoples mobilisation for a Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations

The Second Session of the Open Ended Inter-Governmental Working Group (OEIGWG) at the Human Rights Council with the mandate to establish a Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights takes place in Geneva from 24th to 28th October. In June 2014, the Human Rights Council adopted Resolution 26/9,…

Strasbourg, 26 October 2016: Delivery of the PPT Judgment on Megaprojects and fundamental rights in Europe to the European Institutions

Revealing the Judgement of the Permanent People’s Tribunal on the Turin-Lyon high speed Rail link. Unsustainable useless large infrastructure projects: Stop the waste of Money Wednesday 26 October 2016 – 17.00 19.00 – Strasbourg meeting room S.2.1   Web streaming: goo.gl/WhE4MW   Welcome Speech: Merja Kyllonen, MEP GUE NGL Coordinator in Transport committee Delivery of…

“Democracy and megaprojects”, debate on the Verdict of Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, Rome, 7 October 2016

  Democracy and megaprojects. The Verdict of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal 7 October 2016, h 17.30 Fondazione Basso discussants: Umberto Allegretti, jurist, University of Florence Tomaso Montanari, University Federico II of Naples Livio Pepino, president of Controsservatorio Val Susa Franco Ippolito, president of Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal Chairperson: Nicoletta Dentico, Lelio and Lisli Basso Foundation