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Bertita Caceres, daughter of murdered human rights defender Berta Caceres, at a mural of her mother.
The corporate race for natural resources has put millions of people at risk of exploitation and abuse.
In developing countries, land six times the size of Ireland has been sold to global corporations over the last 20 years. Indigenous communities are evicted from their homes, pushed off their land and their rivers are polluted.
Brave women and men who peacefully resist the actions of big business are under attack. Beatings, intimidation, even murder are all on the rise. Trócaire’s campaign demands that companies are held to account for these human rights violations.
Read : Why Ireland needs to speak up and support a UN Treaty on Business & Human Rights
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Read : Why Ireland needs to speak up and support a UN Treaty on Business & Human Rights
Read the ArticleWatch our documentary about women defenders of human rights and share with your friends.
Watch the videoContact us to get involved with the campaign, come to an event, or host a photo exhibition in your community
Contact UsIn rural communities where Trócaire works, access to land, water and forests are essential for life and livelihoods. Big business is acquiring vast amounts of land in these communities for mining, logging and agri-businesses without consulting the communities affected. The quest for profit comes at the expense of livelihoods, human rights and the environment.
Activists who peacefully defend their land and human rights face violent evictions, intimidation, imprisonment and even murder. Women and indigenous peoples are particularly vulnerable to abuse. At least 137 attacks on women activists were recorded last year alone.
In 2018, at least 247 people globally were killed for protecting their land and the environment.
We live in a globalised world where business knows no borders. Yet international human rights law has not kept pace with how powerful corporations have become. Companies must be accountable if their investments and operations put people and the planet at risk.
The growing levels of violence experienced by communities who peaceful resist the actions of some big businesses stand in stark contrast to the lack of global, corporate accountability.
Read : Why Ireland needs to speak up and support a UN Treaty on Business & Human Rights
Read the ArticleWatch our documentary about women defenders of human rights and share with your friends.
Watch the videoContact us to get involved with the campaign, come to an event, or host a photo exhibition in your community
Contact UsTrócaire supports communities on the frontline in a number of ways. We negotiate with local government to obtain land title and provide training so parents can protect themselves and their children from intimidation and violence.
Devastating human rights violations will continue unless voluntary approaches to corporate accountability are replaced with legally binding measures.
This campaign is not anti-business. It is about ensuring human rights and the environment are always prioritised over profits.
Read : Why Ireland needs to speak up and support a UN Treaty on Business & Human Rights
Read the ArticleWatch our documentary about women defenders of human rights and share with your friends.
Watch the videoContact us to get involved with the campaign, come to an event, or host a photo exhibition in your community
Contact UsUN Special Rapporteurs, as well as Human Rights Defenders and activists, speak out in support of a UN Global Treaty on Business & Human Rights. This informative and powerful video sets out a compelling and urgent case for a new treaty.
Corporate greed is leading to land being seized, forests being cut down and rivers poisoned. Those who stand up to defend their rights are being harassed, intimidated, even murdered.
This video explores the issue of the recent discovery of oil in Kenya, and who gets to benefit from the oil. It accompanies Trócaire's Post-Primary & Youth Lent resources for 2020.
In 2016 environmental activist Berta Cáceres was shot dead in her home in Honduras. Bertha was one of more than 120 people who have been killed in Honduras since 2010 for protecting their ancestral land and natural resources.
This short film from Trócaire visits the community of Azacualpa to hear their story, and explains why Trócaire is campaigning for a UN treaty that would force international companies to respect human rights in their operations.
Read : Why Ireland needs to speak up and support a UN Treaty on Business & Human Rights
Read the ArticleWatch our documentary about women defenders of human rights and share with your friends.
Watch the videoContact us to get involved with the campaign, come to an event, or host a photo exhibition in your community
Contact UsThe Irish and UK governments attended negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva for a binding treaty on Business and Human Rights in October 2019. People concerned about the corporate abuse of power across Ireland campaigned for our governments to be present.
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After many years of campaigning from Trócaire and our partner organisations, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights released a list of companies doing business connected to illegal Israeli settlements.
Learn MoreGuatemalan activist Abelino Chub Caal was imprisoned on false criminal charges for more than two years for defending an indigenous community’s land rights from big business. He was finally freed in April 2019.
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Read : Why Ireland needs to speak up and support a UN Treaty on Business & Human Rights
Read the ArticleWatch our documentary about women defenders of human rights and share with your friends.
Watch the videoContact us to get involved with the campaign, come to an event, or host a photo exhibition in your community
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