News - 12/11/2018 Brazil is the 97th country to assimilate the Arms Trade Treaty Ratification of this mechanism comes into force more than five years after it was signed
News - 05/11/2018 Rio Doce disaster: three years on, no significant progress See below: timeline produced by Conectas with the main facts
Joint statement - 28/10/2018 World Bank Revises Complaints Mechanism For Adversely-Affected Communities Conectas has signed a letter outlining concerns with the current functioning of the Inspection Panel, suggesting guidelines for improvements
Joint statement - 19/10/2018 Failure to value the importance of the environment puts all at risk Society has the right to its heritage and must not relinquish its natural capital
Joint statement - 18/10/2018 Rationale of pharmaceutical industry fosters inequality in access to medication NGOs present criticisms and recommendations to ensure more democratic access to medication in developing countries
News - 02/10/2018 Unprecedented agreement signed includes protection of the environment and defenders The Escazú agreement establishes standards for rights to access information, public participation and access to justice on environmental matters
Joint statement - 10/09/2018 Organisations suggest improvements to BNDES transparency policy Civil society agents suggest improvements in distribution of information on the socioenvironmental impacts of projects supported by the bank
News - 06/09/2018 Slave labour on coffee farms denounced at the OECD Nestlé, McDonald’s, Starbucks and three other large transnational companies are accused of lack of transparency and of flaws in production line monitoring