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Activists mark one-year anniversary of recognition of human right to water and sanitation
August 2011
Satoko Kishimoto

A group of activists celebrated the right to water in front of a public water fountain in the centre of Brussels on 27 July.  The occasion was the one-year anniversary of the UN's recognition of right to clean and safe drinking water and sanitation as human right.

Violations of peoples’ rights by European TNCs
July 2010
Cecilia Olivet

European transnational corporations are praised as "engines" of Europe's growth economy, however extensive research on the activities of 25 flagship companies have revealed evidence of labour abuses, deforestation, corruption, and attacks on human rights defenders.

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