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…
Building alliances: SOLIDAR Days returns for the 2025 edition The SOLIDAR Days returned for another edition from 1-3 December in Brussels! The SOLIDAR Days is our annual initiative which bring together SOLIDAR’s members, partners and allies for a week of events, networking and discussion. It is a moment to come together, build alliances and exchange…
25 years of Silver Rose: Advancing a just transition in the face of political challenges On Wednesday 3 December 2025, SOLIDAR came together with members, partners and allies to celebrate a very special edition of the Silver Rose Awards. With the support of the S&D, PES, FEPS and in collaboration with ETUC, PES Women and…
SOLIDAR travels to Santa Marta to demand a new model of EU-LAC trade partnership The IV EU-CELAC Summit On 9 November, leaders from the European Union (EU) and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) met in Santa Marta, Colombia, to celebrate the IV EU-CELAC Summit, an opportunity to reaffirm shared commitments and…
Declaration for a bi-regional partnership centred on a just transition Despite the EU’s growing emphasis on sustainability, its trade and investment policies remain largely disconnected from social and climate objectives. In its relations with Latin America and the Caribbean, extractivist models continue to dominate, keeping the region as a raw materials supplier and limiting local value…
Stronger Together: How CAN EU–LAC Cooperation Shape a Fairer World? The climate crisis, the current shift in geopolitical dynamics, and the renewed European Union’s focus on clean industrialisation and economic security present a critical opportunity to redesign the relationship between Latin America and the Caribbean (hereinafter LAC) and the EU and to advance a shared…
leveraging eu trade for a just transition: rethinking eu-lac relations How can EU trade promote a just transition in partner countries? As SOLIDAR gears up to participate in the fourth EU-CELAC Summit in Colombia on 9-10 November, we’re launching a policy brief focused on how to ensure that EU trade becomes a vehicle to promote…
global gateway advocacy toolkit: pushing for transparency, accountability and a just transition How can civil society engage in the EU’s Global Gateway initiative? Launched in 2021 by the European Commission, the Global Gateway strategy was presented as the ethical and sustainable alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Russia’s investment plans. Described during the…
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…
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