NEWSLETTER - MAY 2015 For a Treaty on Transnational Corporations vis-à-vis Human Rights Ahead of the upcoming first session of the open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) towards a Treaty on Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with regards to Human Rights, the 610-organization Treaty Alliance (TA) releases its second statement. As a member of the Alliance, FIAN International emphasizes a legally binding treaty is urgently needed, and calls   on wider civil society to support and engage in the public debate around this process.   Read  more…   FIAN International releases 2014 Annual Report   Right to food and access to land neglected at the second Honduras UPR   Human rights pioneer receives Royal Norwegian Order for work on the right to food   Supporting water and sanitation as a human right in the Post-2015 Framework FIAN International releases 2014 Annual Report Throughout 2014, the organization continued to support affected communities whose right to adequate food and nutrition was threatened or violated.   Read more… Right to food and access to land neglected at the second Honduras UPR While welcoming all recommendations towards the realization of human rights, FIAN International regrets that hotspots around the right to food, including peasant and land rights, have been disregarded. Moreover, national judicial authorities   denied the participation of Honduran judge and representative of the Association of Judges for Democracy, Mario Rolando Diaz, to join the delegation to Geneva for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR).   Read more… Human rights pioneer receives Royal Norwegian Order for work on the right to food Wenche Barth Eide was conferred the distinguished award for her contribution in consolidating the right to food as a human right. Having cooperated with the scholar for years, FIAN International expresses its congratulations.   Read more… Supporting water and sanitation as a human right in the Post-2015 Framework Emphasizing that all peoples, disregarding age, gender and status, are entitled to it as a part of a common heritage, FIAN International has signed on the   sign-on call to ensure the right to water and sanitation is not neglected in the sustainable development agenda.   Read more… To unsubscribe please   click here. www.fian.org