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The Observer alleged today that one of the key companies involved in the horsemeat scandal was set up such that it hid the names of the people who own and control it. "This... read more
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Ottawa: In a decision that represents the end of any judicial relief in Canada for victims of the Kilwa massacre, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the application for leave to appeal brought in the case against... read more
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Campaigners today welcomed a landmark agreement on good governance in Afghanistan’s mining sector, but warned that civil society engagement, deal disclosures and inclusion of environmental... read more
05.07.2012 | د توکیو کنفرانس، د افغانستان د تیلو او کانونو په سکتور کې، حساب ورکولو ته د ځای ورکولو لپاره، یوه ټاکونکې موکه ده
د مدني ټولنې کارکوونکو نن وویل چې، د افغانستان دولت او مدني ټولنه، باید ژمنه وکړي چې، د تیلو، ګاز او د کانونوټولې معاملې، د هغو له ټولو جزئیاتو سره خپاره کړي او د سیمې له خلکو سره سلا مشورې وکړي. دا په داسې حال... read more
Tokyo conference a defining opportunity to embed accountability inAfghanistan’s oil and mining sectors
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The Government of Afghanistan and the... read more
05.07.2012 | کنفرانس توکيو يک فرصت تعيين کننده يى برای جاسازی حسابدهی در سکتور نفت و معادن افغانستان می باشد
اعلامیه مطبوعاتی
کنفرانس توکیو یک فرصت تعیین کننده یی برای جاسازی حسابدهی در سکتور نفت و معادن افغانستان می باشد
فعالان جامعه مدنی امروز گفتند که دولت افغانستان وجامعه جهانی باید تعهد نمایند... read more
04.07.2012 | Tokyo Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan
The Tokyo Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (8th July) brings together the Afghan government, international donors and civil society for a one-day event which will set the framework for future assistance to the... read more
31.05.2012 | Towards a proactive business and human rights regime - A Global Witness paper to the Danish EU Presidency
Background
Global Witness is a non-governmental organisation that for 17 years has run pioneering campaigns against natural resource-related conflict and corruption and associated human rights abuses. We have exposed... read more
30.05.2012 | Lengthy Taylor sentence represents justice for Sierra Leoneans: Justice still needed for the people of Liberia
Accountability | Liberia | Sierra Leone | Conflict Diamonds | Post Conflict | Ending Impunity | Conflict
Read the Global Witness background briefing on the Charles Taylor Verdict
The 50-year prison sentence handed down to Charles Taylor by the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague represents justice for the people of... read more
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Read the press release: Justice for Sierra Leone and Charles Taylor found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity
On 26 April 2012 the Special Court for Sierra Leone found former... read more
26.04.2012 | Justice for Sierra Leone as Charles Taylor found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity
Read the Global Witness background briefing on the Charles Taylor Verdict
Today’s verdict by the Special Court for Sierra Leone that Charles Taylor is guilty of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity... read more
Global Witness welcomes this opportunity to provide input to the report by the UN Secretary-General on how the United Nations system as a whole, including programmes, funds and specialized agencies, can contribute to... read more
Accountability | Casework | Democratic Republic of Congo | Business and Human Rights | Ending Impunity
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Ottawa, 26 March 2012 – The Canadian Association Against Impunity (CAAI) has today filed an application with the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of Congolese families. The families are seeking... read more
Montreal, January 31, 2012 - The Canadian Association Against Impunity (CAAI), expressed its profound disappointment with last week’s decision by the Quebec Court of Appeal overturning the decision of the Quebec... read more
Some donors do well, all donors can do better, writes Publish What You Fund. read more
Global Witness available for comment
The Observer alleged today that one of the key companies involved in the horsemeat scandal was set up such that it hid the names of the people who own and control it. "This... read more
Ottawa: In a decision that represents the end of any judicial relief in Canada for victims of the Kilwa massacre, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the application for leave to appeal brought in the case against... read more
اعلامیه مطبوعاتی - دري
简体中文
Campaigners today welcomed a landmark agreement on good governance in Afghanistan’s mining sector, but warned that civil society engagement, deal disclosures and inclusion of environmental... read more
Tokyo conference a defining opportunity to embed accountability inAfghanistan’s oil and mining sectors
For immediate release.
اعلامیه مطبوعاتی - دري
مطبوعاتي اعلامیه - پښتو
The Government of Afghanistan and the... read more
05.07.2012 | کنفرانس توکيو يک فرصت تعيين کننده يى برای جاسازی حسابدهی در سکتور نفت و معادن افغانستان می باشد
اعلامیه مطبوعاتی
کنفرانس توکیو یک فرصت تعیین کننده یی برای جاسازی حسابدهی در سکتور نفت و معادن افغانستان می باشد
فعالان جامعه مدنی امروز گفتند که دولت افغانستان وجامعه جهانی باید تعهد نمایند... read more
30.05.2012 | Lengthy Taylor sentence represents justice for Sierra Leoneans: Justice still needed for the people of Liberia
Accountability | Liberia | Sierra Leone | Conflict Diamonds | Post Conflict | Ending Impunity | Conflict
Read the Global Witness background briefing on the Charles Taylor Verdict
The 50-year prison sentence handed down to Charles Taylor by the Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague represents justice for the people of... read more
26.04.2012 | Justice for Sierra Leone as Charles Taylor found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity
Read the Global Witness background briefing on the Charles Taylor Verdict
Today’s verdict by the Special Court for Sierra Leone that Charles Taylor is guilty of 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity... read more
Accountability | Casework | Democratic Republic of Congo | Business and Human Rights | Ending Impunity
Lire en français
Ottawa, 26 March 2012 – The Canadian Association Against Impunity (CAAI) has today filed an application with the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of Congolese families. The families are seeking... read more
Montreal, January 31, 2012 - The Canadian Association Against Impunity (CAAI), expressed its profound disappointment with last week’s decision by the Quebec Court of Appeal overturning the decision of the Quebec... read more
Max Mosley’s failure to make the European Court of Human Rights force publishers to give “prior notice” to subjects of their allegations before publication represents an important victory for freedom of speech and the... read more
Montreal. The Superior Court of Quebec has ruled today that the case against Canadian corporation Anvil Mining Limited in relation to alleged involvement in a 2004 massacre in the Democratic Republic of... read more
Today the European Court of Human Rights held in MGN v UK that lawyers acting for claimants in privacy and libel cases should no longer be allowed to recover a “success fee” from defendants. Such success fees have... read more
10.01.2011 | Global Witness proposes new framework that could close legal loopholes which allow corporate crimes in conflict zones
“Simply Criminal: Targeting Rogue Business in Violent Conflict”, a new briefing paper published by Global Witness today, shows how the prosecutions of rogue businesses operating in situations of widespread violence can... read more
“Today’s re-opening of the trial of Dutch timber trader Guus Kouwenhoven for war crimes and violating the UN arms embargo on Liberia in The Netherlands is a second chance for justice” said Patrick Alley of Global... read more
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Montreal, Canada. An association representing Congolese citizens filed a class action today in a Montreal court against Canadian company Anvil Mining... read more
31.05.2012 | Towards a proactive business and human rights regime - A Global Witness paper to the Danish EU Presidency
Background
Global Witness is a non-governmental organisation that for 17 years has run pioneering campaigns against natural resource-related conflict and corruption and associated human rights abuses. We have exposed... read more
Download this briefing
Read the press release: Justice for Sierra Leone and Charles Taylor found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity
On 26 April 2012 the Special Court for Sierra Leone found former... read more
Global Witness welcomes this opportunity to provide input to the report by the UN Secretary-General on how the United Nations system as a whole, including programmes, funds and specialized agencies, can contribute to... read more
17.02.2011 | Submission to the Ministry of Justice regarding access to justice for victims of UK corporate abuse
As part of a coalition, Global Witness made a submission to the Ministry of Justice on its proposals for reform of civil litigation funding and costs in England and Wales. In this submission we highlight our concerns... read more
This briefing paper shows how the prosecutions of rogue businesses operating in situations of widespread violence can be made easier.
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Provisions in the U.S. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (also known as the Financial Reform Act) will require companies whose products contain cassiterite (tin ore), coltan (tantalum ore),... read more
28.05.2010 | Letter in support of Lord Lester's libel reform bill
Lord Lester has proposed a Private Members Bill on defamation which incorporates many of the previous government's recommendations for the rebalancing of England's libel laws back in favour of the public interest and... read more
13.04.2010 | Open letter to Harriet Harman on libel reform
Dear Ms Harman,
Global Witness is extremely disappointed and concerned to hear that Jack Straw's move to reduce the success fees charged by libel lawyers... read more
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Dear Sirs
Re: UK Government Response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights' First Report of Session 2009-10: Any of our business? Human rights and the UK private sector
Global Witness1... read more
CIVIL SOCIETY OPEN LETTER TO EUROPEAN COUNCIL PRESIDENT, EUROPEAN COMMISSIONERS AND 27 FOREIGN MINISTERS
Dear Council President,
Dear Commission President and Commissioners,
Dear Foreign Ministers,
Our ten... read more
27.01.2010 | UK Universal Jurisdiction group warns Parliamentarians about proposed reform of arrest warrant procedure
Global Witness, together with Amnesty International UK, FIDH, Human Rights Watch, Justice and REDRESS, submitted a briefing paper to the Parliament, prompted by the proposed reform of the current arrest warrant... read more
Global Witness in collaboration with Leigh Day & Co and six other organisations submitted a briefing paper to the European Commission, prompted by the UK Government’s recommendations about the review of the Brussels... read more
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is a country with huge natural wealth. Almost every valuable natural resource can be found there, from a multitude of minerals – including diamonds, gold, copper, cobalt,... read more
Global Witness and Sherpa, along with Greenpeace France, Amis de la Terre, and a prominent Liberian activist, have lodged a complaint before the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Nantes against Dalhoff, Larsen and... read more
Global Witness and the Business and Human Rights Resources Centre co-hosted a event in Geneva on October 6, 2009, entitled "Follow the money - How companies are impacting human rights: corruption, payments to... read more
09.04.2010 | Good news and bad news in the fight for libel reform
I was delighted to see Simon Singh's victory at the Court of Appeal last week, after a massively expensive, two-year fight to defend his right to contest the scientific opinion of the British... read more
03.02.2010 | John Terry's own-goal may benefit civil society
By Charmian Gooch, Founding Director
It's ironic that it takes the hushing of the England football captain's affair to highlight the scale of a problem that threatens campaign groups like Global Witness ... read more
Some donors do well, all donors can do better, writes Publish What You Fund. read more
15.11.2011 | BBC: Call for greater aid transparency
A UK-based lobby group is calling for more transparency in the spending of global development aid, estimated to be worth about $150bn (£93bn), writes BBC's Mark Doyle. read more
BBC News - French appeals court reopens African assets case read more
CBC News -Congolese try suing Anvil Mining in Canada read more
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