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ISDS files: Philip Morris v Australia

February 2019

Tobacco giant sues Australia over plain packaging for cigarettes

PDF icon ISDS files: Philip Morris v Australia

Trading up for health

January 2019

How to prevent trade deals from undermining health

PDF icon Trading up for health – TJM Briefing 2019

The SABL Land Grab: Papua New Guinea’s ongoing human rights scandal

December 2018

This report highlights the devastating impact of Special Agricultural Business Leases (SABL) land grabs on the people of Papua New Guinea. It also shines a spotlight on the ongoing resistance, led by communities and War on Want’s partner, ACT NOW! and provides comprehensive recommendations calling for immediate action, not only by the PNG government but also various United Nations bodies and other national governments.

PDF icon The SABL Land Grab: Papua New Guinea’s ongoing human rights scandal

UN Binding Treaty Common Position Paper

November 2018

UK Working Group for the UN Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights Common Position Paper for UK government/parliamentary advocacy

PDF icon UK Working Group for the UN Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights Common Position Paper

War on Want's annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018

November 2018

War on Want's annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2018 

 

 

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Briefing: UK weapons and Israel’s use of force in the Gaza Strip

November 2018

The UK Government has approved export licences for weapons to Israel used in militarised repression against Palestinians. This means that the UK is providing material support for Israel’s illegal use of force.

Updated November 2018

PDF icon MP Briefing_UK weapons and Israels use of force in the Gaza Strip November 2018.pdf

BFAWU leaflet #FFS410

October 2018

"Workers at JD Wetherspoons will take part in strike action on the 4th of October alongside McDonald’s, TGI Fridays and Uber Eats workers.

Wetherspoons and McDonald’s workers are striking for £10 an hour, union recognition and respect on the job."

PDF icon BFAWU Leaflet FFS410

The Trans-Pacific Powergrab

October 2018

TPP Briefing: Why joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership would be bad for people and planet – and the UK

PDF icon TPP Briefing: The Trans-Pacific Powergrab

Media brief: "The Rivers are Bleeding: British Mining in Latin America"

October 2018

The vast expansion of mega-mining projects in Latin America is displacing indigenous communities, destroying local ecosystems, and costing lives and livelihoods. In our ground-breaking new report, War on Want exposes the devastating impact of British mining in Latin America, gathering 17 case studies from across the continent to produce a damning indictment of one of the world’s most powerful industries.

This document is a briefing for the media about the upcoming War on Want report, The Rivers Are Bleeding: British mining in Latin America.

PDF icon The Rivers Are Bleeding: British Mining in Latin America

Up Front: Resisting the Far Right

September 2018

In this special edition of Up Front we highlight how we are resisting far right extremism: a politics that is turning back the clock to the darkest moments in recent history, and creating fertile ground for rising inequality, climate crisis, racist scapegoating and attacks on our human rights. That’s why we helped co-found the Stop Trump Coalition, and brought together thousands of people from all walks of life.

PDF icon 0728_WOW_UPFRONT_SEPT18_WEB.pdf

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Press Release: Frontline defenders expose BHP’s role in climate breakdown

15 October 2019 - 11:15am

Unmasking BHP: frontline defenders travel to London to expose company’s greenwashing tactics and role in climate breakdown

Frontline human rights defenders travel from Latin America to the UK to share their experiences of climate breakdown, the threat of violence and the greenwashing tactics of multinational mining company BHP

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Time for constructive engagement: Statement on UN Binding Treaty

14 October 2019 - 11:15am
Today, 14 October 2019, negotiations for a UN BindingTreaty on Business and Human Rights are underway at  the UN in Geneva. War on Want together with 58 other organisations are calling on the Uk govenment and other European representatives to help deliver a treaty that ensures multinationals are held to account for human rights violations, and victims have access to justice. 
 
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