By Barry Finnegan* (Griffith College) Barry Finnegan is a programme director and senior lecturer at the Faculty of Journalism & Media Communications, Griffith College. He is also a researcher with the Irish branch of the international civil … [Read more...]
Timeline of the struggle to establish international accountability for human rights abuses by transnational corporations
Note from Attac Ireland: We are publishing this text with view of the next session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights taking place on the 24 to 28 Oct. by Claudine Gaidoni History Timeline … [Read more...]
Letter to Chancellor Kern from European Civil Society Organisations
H.E. Christian Kern Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria October 6, 2016 Federal Chancellery Ballhausplatz 2 1010 Vienna Austria Your Excellency, Chancellor Kern We, the undersigned, wish to commend you on the concern you have … [Read more...]
Free Trade and Investment, Tax and Human Rights, Part II – Tax
In “The Hidden Wealth of Nations”, Gabriel Zucman writes: “(w)e can no longer continue to liberalize trade while completely ignoring the problems of fiscal dissimulation.” In the World Investment Report 2015, we read: “Ongoing anti-avoidance … [Read more...]
Ministerial non-answer on the provisional application of CETA.
Here is the Minister's "answer" to our latest letter. In fact, she does not answer it at all. She writes: It will be a matter for the Council to decide on the signature and provisional application of CETA. We knew that. What we asked her to tell us, … [Read more...]
