12-Aug-2020
Nikkei Asian Review
The European Union enforced trade sanctions against Cambodia in response to human rights violations, prompting the government to turn to China.
27-May-2020
Stop Corporate Impunity
Indigenous communities call for international solidarity to support for the vindication of rights of the comunities and peoples affected by corporate impunity and their struggle for a dignified life.
26-May-2020
Friends of the Earth Europe
The EU-Mercosur trade deal comes at a tremendous expense for people and the planet. Dire consequences are looming both on regional and global levels.
7-May-2020
Observatorio do Clima
Environmental safeguards within the agreement, which were already insufficient even before COVID-19, have now made the document outdated.
17-Apr-2020
Chile Mejor sin TLC
As is the case in all of the treaties, the parts that are not directly related to trade are non-binding, as the chapter on human rights is.
6-Mar-2020
The ASEAN Post
The EU launched the process to strip Cambodia of its preferential trade terms following the dissolvement of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) by the Cambodian government.
18-Feb-2020
Human Rights Watch
The European Union should press Vietnam to end its systemic repression of human rights and release political prisoners and detainees, Human Rights Watch said today.
13-Feb-2020
Star Observer
Indonesia is currently a major perpetrator of human rights abuses against its own minority groups, specifically their LGBTQI community, which makes this partnership questionable in view of Australia’s signature on the UN Human Rights Charter.
11-Feb-2020
South China Morning Post
The European Commission, which is responsible for negotiating the EU’s free trade deals, recognises Vietnam’s human rights record as a cause for concern. It stresses, however, that the deal will provide a platform to address such issues.