Responding to the publication of the European Commission’s proposal for a Directive on corporate sustainability due diligence, Patrick Wilcken, Head of Business and Human Rights at Amnesty International said:
Tracking-based advertising undermines fundamental rights and furthers the economic interests of Big Tech platforms at the expense of other businesses. The amendment to the Digital Services Act on tracking-based advertising – as voted in IMCO in December 2021 – falls far short of addressing these systemic harms.
Civil society organisations writing to the President of the European Commission to raise their strong concerns about the new delay to the publication of the planned Commission proposal on a Sustainable Corporate Governance (SCG)
Responding to news that the Austrian-based Kelkos Energy has withdrawn its baseless defamation lawsuits against Shpresa Loshaj and Adriatik Gacaferi, environmental activists in Kosovo who publicly raised concerns about the environmental impact of hydropower projects, Jelena Sesar, Western Balkans researcher at Amnesty International said:
In December 2020, the European Commission presented its long-awaited proposal for a Battery Regulation. The Regulation is in the framework of the European Green Deal, and is the first initiative under the new Circular Economy Action Plan.
We, the people of Europe, demand technology that serves us, instead of putting us, our communities and our democracies at risk.
Amnesty International and partners have expressed serious concerns regarding the position of theEuropean Commission on efforts to increase access to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and othermedical goods by means of a temporary waiver of certain provisions of the Trade Related Aspects ofIntellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement.
Esther Kiobel has been fighting for a long time to hold those accountable who are responsible for the unlawful killing of her husband Dr Barinem Kiobel and 8 other men in 1995 in Nigeria. The struggle is ongoing.
As a coalition of NGOs working closely on the EU’s upcoming proposal Sustainable Corporate Governance Directive, we appreciate that the German supply chain law adopted today will now oblige certain German companies to undertake human rights – and to a limited extent environmental – due diligence.
As the European Union (EU) develops a directive on sustainable corporate governance, this briefing outlines why and how environmental protection must be integrated into companies’ due diligence requirements alongside respect for human rights.
New EU digital rules need to tackle the business model of surveillance capitalism.
Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted with a large majority, 504 in favour, 79 against and 112 abstentions, the Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) legislative own-initiative report by MEP Lara Wolters on corporate due diligence and corporate accountability with recommendations for the European Commission on necessary next steps to be taken.