This paper was prepared by ECA-Watch member, the Halifax Initiative, to inform the mandate of the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on business and human rights. The paper examines international human rights law and export...
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Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2013/03/18
Issue: Human Rights
In this submission, ECA Watch urges the newly-established Working Group to address the human rights impact of export credit agencies during its mandate. From December 8, 2011.
Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2013/02/24
(Feb 2013) This report from Wiert Wiertsema of...
more Dodgy Deal: Dredging Suape harbour
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: Human Rights
Member: Both ENDS
Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2011/11/08
Issue: Common Approaches, Human Rights, OECD
Letter from ECA Watch to members of the OECD's ECG, November 8, 2011.
Among other issues, ECA Watch responds to text concerning human rights in the latest draft revision of the Common Approaches.
Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2011/06/16
Country: Belgium
Issue: Human Rights, Transparency
Member: Both ENDS, Corner House, Counter Current, Finance & Trade Watch, Euronatura, FERN, Friends of the Earth Japan, Above Ground, Les Amis de la Terre, Observatory on Debt in Globalization, , Re:Common, urgewald
(June 29, 2011) A press release from ECA-Wach, Amnesty International and Eurodad. It welcomes EU permanent representatives' endorsement of the European...
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Letters & statements
2011/04/16
Country: Belgium
Issue: European Union, Human Rights, Transparency
Member: Both ENDS, Corner House, Counter Current, Finance & Trade Watch, Euronatura, FERN, Friends of the Earth Japan, Above Ground, Les Amis de la Terre, Observatory on Debt in Globalization, , Re:Common, urgewald
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2008/04/02
(Halifax Initiative, 30 April 2008, Ottawa) On April 7, 2008, John Ruggie, Special Representative to the United Nations Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations (SRSG), submitted his final report to the Human Rights Council (HRC) for consideration when it meets on June 2-13... more
Issue: Human Rights
2007/07/01
(ENAAT, Amsterdam, 10 July 2007) The European Network Against the Arms Trade has released its report "European Export Credit Agencies and the financing of arms trade". A compendium of data and case studies, the report explores the roles of 12 ECAs from 11 European countries in supporting military... more
Issue: Arms Trade, Human Rights
Letters & statements
2007/03/19
(March 19, 2007) At the occasion of the Newroz celebrations 2007, the European ECA Reform Campaign reaffirms its opposition to European export credit support for the planned Ilisu Dam in Southeast Turkey. It also expresses solidarity with the many thousands who are currently...
more Dodgy Deal: Ilisu Dam
Issue: Human Rights, Large Dams
Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2006/09/15
Issue: Human Rights
Member: Corner House
(September 15, 2006) This paper by Nick Hildyard of the Corner House gives recommendations on how to address deficiencies in current ECA policy with regard to consultation and participation and argues that affected communities and indigenous peoples must be recognized as rights...
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2006/02/10
(CEDHA, Argentina, 23 Jan. 2006) Nearly 40 000 Argentine citizens have petitioned the Inter American Commission on Human Rights, alleging that the Uruguayan government has allowed serious breaches of human rights caused by two pulp mills. The largest of the mills is sponsored by three Finnish pulp... more
Country: Argentina, Uruguay
ECAs: Finnvera
Issue: Human Rights, Pulp and Paper
2005/08/06
August 12 , 2005 (Source: Proyecto Gato) — Six Belgian NGOs have issued a statement calling on Ducroire to improve its policies with respect to the OECD Recommendation on... more
ECAs: Ducroire/ Nationale Delcrederedienst
Issue: Common Approaches, Corruption, Debt, Human Rights, Renewables, Transparency
Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2002/12/18
Issue: Human Rights
Member: Corner House, FERN, Above Ground
ECA Watch campaign participants, reporting from an NGO strategy session held in London, December 6-7, 2002, organized by the Halifax Initiative (Canada), FERN (Belgium), ...
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Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
1999/06/30
Issue: Arms Trade, Climate Change, Debt, Human Rights, Large Dams, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
Member: Corner House
(30 June 1999) This report from Nicholas Hildyard of Cornerhouse examines export credit agencies, corporate welfare and policy incoherence.
Summary: Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) are publicly-backed government agencies that give financial guarantees to...
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