NEWSLETTER - MAY 2014 (Above: Banner of the Week of Mobilization in Geneva. Treaty Movement Alliance) Historic campaign to end corporate human rights violations! May 7, 2014: Social Movements, NGOs and Human Rights Groups called on the U.N. Human Rights Council to start developing a treaty to tackle corporate human rights violations. In June 2014, the United National Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will discuss the adoption of a resolution to establish a legally binding instrument to enforce binding rules regarding human rights and Transnational Corporations (TNCs). We invite all of you to join this campaign and take part of the events during the Week of Mobilization!   Read more …   SIGN Joint Statement of the Treaty Alliance!   See Week of Mobilization - Schedule of Events… We wish you all a happy reading!   FIAN International Annual Report 2013   New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa raises concerns   FIAN demands end to evictions and violence in Bajo Aguán, Honduras   Coal mining poses severe environmental and human rights concerns   Right to Food bill in Belgium to set up example at EU level   Latest study questions the role of European investments   In need of a Policy Shift: Investing in Agricultural Alternatives   Job Vacancies at FIAN International Secretariat FIAN International Annual Report 2013 FIAN's Annual Report 2013 is now available online! Read a great summary of successes and main activities undertaken by FIAN around the world.   Read Annual Report 2013... New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in Africa raises concerns May 16, 2014: Two weeks before the G7 Summit of June 4, 5 in Brussels, FIAN published a policy paper that raises human rights concerns about the G8 New Alliance initiative.   Read more... FIAN demands end to evictions and violence in Bajo Aguán, Honduras Peasants in Bajo Aguán, Hond. May 28, 2014: In reaction to new acts of repression lived in Bajo Aguán, 17 organizations and international networks have made an international statement to demand protection of peasant communities.   Read more ... Coal mining poses severe environmental and human rights concerns Marlin Mine, Guatemala. May 24, 2014: European Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) expressed collectively their concerns about the impacts of coal mining and encourage a series of recommendations to tackle the negative effects and the human rights violations caused by the current initiative.   Read more... Right to Food bill in Belgium to set up example at EU level May 15, 2014: FIAN welcomed a proposed framework legislation in accordance with the international obligations of Belgium by setting broad objectives to realize the right to food in this country.   Read more... Latest study questions the role of European investments