World Human Rights Day: Free Lee Cheuk-yan! On World Human Rights Day, SOLIDAR joins Amnesty International, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute, the International Trade Union Confederation, and other organizations’ call on the Hong Kong government to release Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan. We raise the following demands to the Hong Kong government: Former…
What more needs to happen before the EU acts with determination and force? Gaza has been turned into dust. The last hospital functioning in the North of Gaza was forced to close. On 2nd June, the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) killed 31 Palestinians that were walking to an aid site to collect food. 500,000 people…
CTIps: An opportunity to advance Just Transition? The “WHY” The announcement of new Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships (CTIPs) in President von der Leyen’s 2024-2029 Guidelines, can offer a significant opportunity to forge mutually beneficial partnerships that deliver tangible environmental, social, and developmental gains to partner countries. Not much is known about what these CTIPs…
Unseen realities of Palm Oil: Why Social Justice must start with workers On this World Day of Social Justice, SOLIDAR joins the ILO in reaffirming its commitment to social justice as a cornerstone for building fair, equitable, and resilient societies rooted in equality, fairness, and lasting peace. European industrial model and consumption patterns rely heavily…
Deteriorating Freedom of Association in Myanmar: IndustriALL’s Letter to the EU Four years since the military coup in Myanmar, the situation for workers in the country continues to deteriorate and forced labour remains widespread . In this context, IndustriALL Global Union and industriAll European Trade Union, have written a letter: SOLIDAR joins IndustriAll call and stands…
Over 160 NGOs, Trade Unions, and Civil Society Organisations, including SOLIDAR, have signed a joint letter to call on the European Union to ban all trade with Israel’s illegal settlements. The joint letter urges the European Commission to take action to ban all trade and business between the EU and Israel’s illegal settlements in the…
The concept of a Just Transition was developed as a framework to reconcile social and environmental goals in the transition to a zero emissions economy. However, its application, especially in Europe, has leaned on Global South resources and economic growth models that exacerbate the very crises they aim to solve. The Global South is disproportionately…
SOLIDAR joins over 160 civil society organisations, human rights and environmental defenders, trade unions, and climate activists in saying NO to the omnibus proposal. On 8 November 2024, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced she would introduce a proposal to amend three key pillars of the European Green Deal through an Omnibus law:…
SOLIDAR’s Training Academy 2024 took place on 5-6 November, in Brussels, under the title ‘ReclAIming the power: building civil society’s perspective on AI for social justice’. This activity was part of the effort of demystifying AI and affirming the right of civil society to have a say in how AI is developing and to intervene…
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