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« A prosperous Africa is in our interest »

During Swiss Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis' visit to North and West Africa, the priorities of the new MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa strategies were at the heart of the discussions. Interview with our Business and Development expert Laurent Matile.

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A new social contract is needed

Workers’ rights are under extreme pressure worldwide, despite being among the human rights that are legally binding in 187 countries. The International Trade Union Confederation’s Global Rights Index documents the dramatic trend.

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Back to «normal»?

The corona pandemic is not just an epoch-making health and humanitarian challenge, but in many developing countries will also translate into a protracted economic, political and social crisis. International solidarity is needed now more than ever.

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Where the hopes of the South come together

Swiss politics is struggling for a legal framework in the relationship between business and human rights. In Geneva, the states are working on a legally binding UN treaty. Here and there, civil society is not giving up.

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"They said they were bringing development"

The Federal Council plans to work much more with private sector capital for development cooperation in the future. A closer look reveals enormous risks. The case study of a Swiss agricultural company in Ghana.

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Corporations prefer trials in Zambia

«What do people in Zambia think of Glencore?», asked the Alliance Sud magazine "global" Mtwalo Msoni, national coordinator of the NGO Publish What You Pay in Zambia.

Guillaume Long; UN-Treaty Human Rights

Political article

«Profit should not be an end in itself»

The 3rd Session of an Inter-Governmental Working Group convened in October in Geneva, chaired by Guillaume Long. It is charged with elaborating an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and human rights. An interview.