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UN, Development and Human Rights
The 4th International Conference on Financing for Development and its main challenges
Proposals, conflicts and prospects on the way to the Summit of the Future 2024 and the Financing for Development Conference 2025
A rapid analysis of the Rockefeller Foundation, Wellcome Trust, and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The increasing fragmentation of the global health architecture through ever new multi-stakeholder initiatives
An international agreement on business and human rights (“UN treaty”) in the sense of a feminist foreign and development policy
GPW Round Up #4
An EU mandate for negotiations on an international agreement on business and human rights
Perspectives on the future of international cooperation in times of multiple crises
How German Members of the European Parliament are adopting the demands of the business lobby for the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
Report on the eighth session of the UN open-ended intergovernmental working group on a legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (”treaty“)
Why a fourth International Conference on Financing for Development is overdue
How the UN Opened Its Doors to Private Funding and Networked Multilateralism
Report on the seventh session of the UN open-ended intergovernmental working group on a legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (“treaty”)
Statement of the Treaty Alliance Germany on the Third Revised Draft for a legally binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights („Third Revised Draft“)
Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2021 - Briefing
Healthy people, healthy animals and a healthy environment worldwide with the One Health approach
Report on the sixth session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group on a binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (“treaty”)
An independent survey prepared by: Global Policy Forum & Social Watch
An analysis and assessment of innovative policy options
Global Civil Society Report on the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs
Statement of the Treaty Alliance Germany on the 2nd revised Draft for a legally binding UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights
Statement of the Treaty Alliance Germany on the 2nd revised Draft for a legally binding UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights
A snapshot of the ongoing work at the United Nations in times of crisis
UN Monitor #13
UN Monitor #12
Global Policy Watch - Briefing #31
Statement of the Treaty Alliance Germany on the draft for a legally binding UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights (»Revised Draft«)
Between partnerships and regulation – two diverging ways to tackle the problem at the UN
Towards a regulatory and institutional framework
Spotlight Report on Sustainability in Europe
Global civil society report assesses structural obstacles and institutional gaps in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda
Global Policy Watch - Briefing #29
"Effective Altruism" - What it is, how philanthropic foundations use it and what are its risks and side-effects
Global Policy Watch - Briefing #27
Global civil society report assesses obstacles and contradictions in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda
Report of the third session of the UN working group on a binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (“treaty”)
Position paper of the Treaty Alliance Germany on the UN treaty process on transnational corporations and other business enterprises
Reflections on the 2017 United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
On the last official day of the UN High-Level Political Forum, civil society express concern that ‘vision without implementation is hallucination’.
Civil Society sees ‘room for improvement’ in national implementation of 2030 Agenda as well as an unfavourable international environment
Will national partnerships with private sector accelerate implementation if global obstacles remain?
Civil Society activists critique first week of deliberations at High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development
Global spotlight report challenges the notion that “trillions of private finance” are needed to advance SDG implementation.
Global Spotlight Report warns against risks of Public-Private Partnerships
Global Spotlight Report says SDG2 is only achievable if present food systems change towards agroecological diversification and food sovereignty.
New independent Spotlight report points out that women´s lower wages and poorer labor conditions have resulted in unfair advantages for corporations
Global Spotlight Report says that the Agenda 2030 proposal to eradicate poverty by 2030 is achievable but tax policies need to change.
Global Spotlight Report says that the proposed “cascade” of private financing for infrastructure will result on more corruption, high fees for essential services, and massive resource transfers to the rich from the poor
Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2017
The new Framework of Engagement with non-State Actors at the World Health Organization
Global Policy Watch Briefing #12
Global Policy Watch Briefing #11
Report of the Reflection Group on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Global Policy Watch Briefing #10
Global Policy Watch Briefing #6
Comments by the Civil Society Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives
Country-by-country reporting requirements for corporations – a contribution to strengthening public finances in countries in the Global South
A Policy Paper by the German NGO Forum on Environment & Development
Mining conditions and supply chains in the commodity sector and the responsibility of the German automobile industry
Report of the Civil Society Reflection Group on Global Development Perspectives
An interim balance of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in the Central African Region
Interim assessment of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in the Central African Region
Documentation of a workshop held at the ACUNS annual meeting 6 June 2008
Tax evasion, capital flight and the misuse of public money in developing countries – and what can be done about it
Opportunities for new Initiatives in Development Finance and Global Governance? Working paper on international debates on the preparation process for the United Nations Millennium +5 Summit