(Hasankeyf Action Day, Hasankeyf, 20 September 2015) On September 20th, activists, social movements and NGO's joined an international action day for the conservation of Hasankeyf and the Tigris River. Protesting against the Ilisu Dam Project, a large demonstration took place in the 10.000 year...
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2015/09/30
Country: Turkey
Dodgy Deal: Ilisu Dam
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, Swiss Export Risk Insurance
Issue: Human Rights, Large Dams, Transparency
2015/05/30
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights, Renewables
Member: Corner House
(Global Trade Review, London, 13 April 2015) The Labour Party's Cole Commission has called for the combination of the UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and UK Export Finance (UKEF) agencies into one entity to achieve better co-ordination and support of British exporters....
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2015/02/28
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Country: Brazil, Canada, Germany, Netherlands
ECAs: Atradius, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada
Issue: Common Approaches, Human Rights
Member: Both ENDS, Counter Current, Above Ground
(ECA Watch, Brussels, 18 February 2015) ECA Watch members Halifax Initiative, Both Ends and CounterCurrent, together with Brazilian organisation Forum Suape and Colombian organisation Movimiento Rios Vivos, published a new report entitled Export Credt and Human Rights:...
External reports and publications
2015/02/18
ECA Watch members Halifax Initiative, Both Ends and CounterCurrent, together with Brazilian organisation Forum Suape and Colombian organisation Movimiento Rios Vivos, published a new report entitled Export Credt and Human Rights: Failure to Protect. The report calls on states to...
more Dodgy Deal: Dredging Suape harbour, Lending to Belarus
ECAs: Atradius, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada
Issue: Common Approaches, Human Rights
Member: Both ENDS, Counter Current, Above Ground
2014/11/27
Issue: Human Rights
(ECA Watch, Brussels, 26 November 2014) A December 3 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva will include an event organized by ECA Watch, The Danish Export Credit Agency, Justiça nos Trilhos and GLOBAL CSR on Export Credit Agencies and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human...
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2014/10/24
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, USA
ECAs: Atradius
Issue: Human Rights
Member: Both ENDS
(Both ENDS, Amsterdam, 23 October 2014) On 18 October it was reported that the Egyptian authorities signed a contract with an international consortium of dredging companies to expand the Suez canal. The consortium includes the two main Dutch dredging companies: Royal Boskalis...
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2014/02/28
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Human Rights
(Seattle Times, Washington, 6 February 2014) The U.S. government export credit agency says it's ready to provide financing for American companies exporting to former pariah nation Myanmar... The Export-Import Bank made the announcement Thursday, saying it would help improve trade flows between...
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2013/11/30
Issue: Human Rights
Through its export credit agencies (ECAs) EKN and SEK, the Swedish state insures and finances Swedish companies' export. These operations are extensive. The Swedish ECAs have in their portfolios the responsibility for hundreds of billions of Swedish kronor, and in 2012 alone EKN guaranteed...
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2013/11/30
Country: France, Germany
Issue: Human Rights
In their submission to the OECD ECWG consultation with CSOs on 19 November 2013, the Danish, French and German national human rights Institutes identified the...
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2013/11/29
Issue: Human Rights
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Through its export credit agencies (ECAs) EKN and SEK, the Swedish state insures and finances Swedish companies' export. These operations are extensive. The Swedish ECAs have in their portfolios the responsibility for hundreds of billions of Swedish...
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2013/07/17
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Human Rights
A new hard-hitting briefing from Amnesty International launched July 15 accuses the UK Government of allowing businesses to dip under the human rights radar when it comes to trade and investment. The 30-page document A history of neglect: UK Export Finance and human rights shines a...
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Letters & statements
2013/07/17
Issue: European Union, Human Rights
(Brussels, 29 June 2011)A press release from ECA-Wach, Amnesty International and Eurodad. It welcomes EU permanent representatives' endorsement of the European Parliament’s proposal to make national export credit agencies (ECAs) more accountable for the support they give companies...
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Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2013/03/18
Issue: Human Rights
Member: Above Ground
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