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Press Release: Frontline defenders expose BHP’s role in climate breakdown

15 October 2019 - 11:15am

Unmasking BHP: frontline defenders travel to London to expose company’s greenwashing tactics and role in climate breakdown

Frontline human rights defenders travel from Latin America to the UK to share their experiences of climate breakdown, the threat of violence and the greenwashing tactics of multinational mining company BHP

Time for constructive engagement: Statement on UN Binding Treaty

14 October 2019 - 11:15am

Today, 14 October 2019, negotiations for a UN BindingTreaty on Business and Human Rights are underway at the UN in Geneva. War on Want together with 58 other organisations are calling on the Uk govenment and other European representatives to help deliver a treaty that ensures multinationals are held to account for human rights violations, and victims have access to justice.

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TOMORROW @ 10AM: Protest for #ClimateJustice, against mega-mining! Join frontline defenders from Latin America as… https://t.co/uJX6iSHJRm — 8 hours 51 min ago

This week, negotiations for a UN #BindingTreaty on #BizHumanRights are taking place @UNGeneva. We are calling on… https://t.co/kFX7BXH1Tv — 13 hours 14 min ago

RT @FoEScot: 'Resisting Extractivism, Mega-mining and Climate Chaos in Chile.' Join @WarOnWant @londonmining to welcome and lea… https://t.co/BgNd5lbQRr — 1 day 1 hour ago

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