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Coronavirus: the need for a progressive internationalist response

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COVID-19
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Reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic by TNI staff
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Article
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This analysis is a result of a collective discussion by TNI staff on the many dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic drawing on the wisdom of many allies and friends. We hope it helps join some of the dots of this complex and still unfolding health emergency and supports the movements fighting to protect the most marginalised and to build a more just world. لقراءة المقال بالعربية: This pandemi... Read more

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Events at the 63rd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs

The Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) is the annual gathering in Vienna of all United Nations member states to discuss and make decisions on a wide range of issues related to the global drug control system. This year marks the 63rd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. Five draft resolutions will be discussed throughout the week, and are available for review on this page. Included in the agenda of the Plenary is a discussion on the WHO's first-ever critical review of cannabis.

There are more than 100 side events organised outside of the formal meetings held at the CND. This year, TNI co-hosts five side events in collaboration with partners from Latin America and Asia.


  1. Thursday 5 March 08:00 - 08:50 Transformation of opium poppy economies: Crises, booms and future drug policies MOE 100
  2. Thursday 5 March 08:00 - 08:50 Social norms and rituals:  Individual and collective self-regulation strategies in cannabis use  MOE 79
  3. Thursday 5 March 14:00 - 15:00 Launch of a study on smokable cocaine markets in Latin America and the Caribbean: A call for a sustainable policy response MOE 100
  4. Friday 6 March 08:00 - 08:50 Exploring the regulation of Cannabis markets in Latin America MOE 6
  5. Friday 6 March 13:00 - 13:50 Myanmar drugs policy reform and civil society perspective MOE 100

 

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Date: 
Monday, March 2, 2020 to Friday, March 6, 2020
Type: 
Event
Location: 
Wagramer Str. 5, 1220 Vienna, Austria
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The 63rd Sesssion of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs takes place from 2nd to 6th March 2020. TNI and its partners will participate at this annual series of meetings and co-hosts five side events on 5th and 6th March 2020.

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UN Drug Control
Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)
Drug Policy in Myanmar
Harm reduction
Drug Law Reform
Producers of Crops
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Drugs & Democracy
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Conditionalities of the WHO cannabis recommendations

Topic: 
Cannabis
UN Drug Control
Reclassification of substances
Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND)
World Health Organization (WHO)
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Programmes: 
Drugs & Democracy
Subtitle: 
Comments on the decision tree
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Article
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Our Oceans need a different approach

Topic: 
Fisheries and Fisher peoples
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Programmes: 
Agrarian & Environmental Justice
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Opinion
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Fishing community / Photo credit Victor Millan/Pixabay License... Read more

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Global Campaign: Semana de Movilización de los Pueblos

Descargue el programa del evento aquí o visite stopcorporateimpunity.org para obtener las últimas actualizaciones. 

2019 es un año decisivo para el tratado vinculante sobre empresas Transnacionales y Derechos Humanos.

Llamamos a realizar acciones de protesta frente al poder corporativo el 12 de octubre de 2019 en coincidencia con la Semana de Movilización de los Pueblos en Ginebra.

Entre el 14 y el 18 de octubre tendrá lugar la 5ta Sesión del Grupo de Trabajo Intergubernamental de composición abierta (OEIGWG) en Ginebra. Desde la Campaña Global para reivindicar la soberanía de los pueblos, desmantelar el poder de las empresas transnacionales y poner fin a la impunidad, estaremos nuevamente allí, como cada año desde 2014, para continuar presionando a los gobiernos y evitar que descarrile el proceso.

En ese contexto:

  • Nos sumamos al llamado de la Campaña Europea “Derechos para las personas, reglas para las transnacionales – Stop ISDS” que se movilizará entre el 11 y el 18 de octubre en Europa denunciando el poder corporativo.
  • Convocamos una Semana de Movilización de los Pueblos en Ginebra entre el 12 y el 19 de octubre.
  • Llamamos a realizar acciones de protesta frente al poder corporativo el 12 de octubre en todo el planeta y a presionar a los gobiernos para que avance el Tratado Vinculante. Se trata de un día importante al celebrarse el “descubrimiento” de América iniciando un proceso colonial que tiene una continuidad con las actuales políticas económicas impuestas por los países más poderosos al Sur Global.

¿Quiénes somos?

La Campaña Global para Reivindicar la Soberanía de los Pueblos, Desmantelar el Poder de las empresas transnacionales y Poner fin a la Impunidad es una coalición de más de 200 movimientos sociales, redes y organizaciones, así como campañas de denuncia de empresas específicas, activas en diferentes sectores, regiones y países. Se trata de una respuesta de los Pueblos, a nivel global y estructural, que aspira a confrontar el poder de las transnacionales, mediante estrategias de intercambio de información y de experiencias, debates, funcionando como un espacio cada vez más visible donde se profundiza la solidaridad y el apoyo entre las diferentes luchas contra las empresas transnacionales (ETNs).

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Spanish
Date: 
Saturday, October 12, 2019 to Saturday, October 19, 2019
Type: 
Event
Location: 
Ginebra, múltiples localizaciones. (ver programa del evento)
Organizer(s): 
Transnational Institute (TNI)
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Súmate para reclamar los derechos de los pueblos por encima de los derechos de los inversores, el lucro e impunidad de las Transnacionales. 

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Topic: 
Tratado vinculante para las transnacionales
The Treaty Alliance
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Poder Corporativo
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Global Campaign: Week of Peoples Mobilisation

Download the event program here or visit stopcorporateimpunity.org for the latest updates. 

2019 will be a decisive year for the Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights.

We call to mobilise worldwide on 12th October to denounce Corporate impunity, on the occasion of the Week of Peoples Mobilisation in Geneva.

The 5th Session of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group (OEIGWG) in Geneva will take place from October 14 to 18. The Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity will be there again, as every year since 2014, to continue to pressure governments and prevent them from derailing the process.

In that context:

  • We join the call of the European Campaign “Rights for people, rules for corporations – Stop ISDS” that will mobilize between October 11 and 18 in Europe denouncing corporate power.
  • We convene the Week of Peoples Mobilisation in Geneva (Switzerland) from 12 to 19 October.
  • We call to mobilise in protest against corporate power on October 12 across the planet and to pressure governments to advance the Binding Treaty. It is an important day that reminds the “discovery” of America initiating a colonial process that has a continuity with the current economic policies imposed by the most powerful countries to the Global South.

Who we are

The Global Campaign to Reclaim Peoples Sovereignty, Dismantle Corporate Power and Stop Impunity (Global Campaign) is a network of over 250 social movements, civil society organisations (CSOs), trade unions and communities affected by the activities of TNCs. These groups resist land grabs, extractive mining, exploitative wages and environmental destruction caused by TNCs globally but particularly in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. The Global Campaign is a peoples global structural response to unaccountable corporate power. It provides facilitation for dialogue, strategizing, exchanging information and experiences and acts as a space to make resistance visible and deepen solidarity and support for struggles against TNCs.

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English
Date: 
Saturday, October 12, 2019 to Saturday, October 19, 2019
Type: 
Event
Location: 
Geneva, multiple locations. (see event program)
Organizer(s): 
Transnational Institute (TNI)
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Join in to reclaim peoples rights over investors and corporate profits and impunity.

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Topic: 
Binding Treaty TNCs
The Treaty Alliance
Corporate Impunity
Dismantle Corporate Power
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Corporate Power
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The Transnational Institute supports the Global Climate Strike

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Programmes: 
Agrarian & Environmental Justice
Public Alternatives
Trade & Investment
Myanmar in Focus
War & Pacification
Corporate Power
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And the march and demonstration in The Hague on 27 September.
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Declaration
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