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Updates from Amnesty International's Business and Human Rights team.

Holding companies to account through research, campaigns, litigation & advocacy.

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“There is no time to lose. We all want and deserve to live, work in and enjoy a clean and healthy environment” said
@agnescallamard.bsky.social

For more info on the EU's planned rights rollback and poll results see: amn.st/eupublicopin...

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EU: New research suggests majority of Europeans favour human rights and environmental protection in face of EU rollback
New polling by Ipsos reveals that a large majority of people (75%) across 10 European countries think it is important that the European Union (EU) uphold its own environmental laws. The new survey of ...
amn.st
October 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“The European Parliament must now show leadership by rolling back these damaging proposals and put people and the planet over corporate interests” @beatebeller.bsky.social

For more info on the EU's planned rights rollback and poll results see: amn.st/eupublicopin...

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EU: New research suggests majority of Europeans favour human rights and environmental protection in face of EU rollback
New polling by Ipsos reveals that a large majority of people (75%) across 10 European countries think it is important that the European Union (EU) uphold its own environmental laws. The new survey of ...
amn.st
October 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Our poll shows just 9% of people oppose #CSDDD, and 58% support. Yet this key law is now under threat ahead of a key European Parliament vote on 13 October. The
@europarl.europa.eu must stop climate and rights laws from being ripped apart

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October 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Over half (58%) support #CSDDD that is under threat ahead of a key European Parliament vote on *13 October*. Time is NOW for @europarl.europa.eu
to stop these protections from being watered down! #YesToCSDDD

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October 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This law is key to the EU’s ambition of becoming the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 -BUT- now EU’s proposed revisions to this and other key human rights & environmental laws risk seriously weakening it #EUGreenDeal #EUOmnibus 👀

amn.st/omnibus-prop...

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Joint Statement: Disastrous Omnibus proposal erodes EU’s corporate accountability commitments and slashes human rights and environmental protections - Amnesty International
The publication by the European Commission of its Omnibus proposal revising key corporate sustainability laws sends a clear political signal: President Ursula von der Leyen is deprioritising human rig...
amn.st
October 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
In 2024, the EU passed its Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) - a key law that legally requires large companies to prevent environmental & human rights harms from their activities across the world #CSDDD

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October 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Around three-quarters of adults surveyed by @ipsosgroup.bsky.social in 10 EU countries say large companies (250 or more employees) should definitely/probably be held accountable for human rights & environmental harms.

#NoToOmnibus #BizHumanRights

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October 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
... Shell and other companies responsible for oil spills in the region must therefore clean up affected areas and compensate local communities for the decades of harm caused by those violations."

Isa Sanusi, Director, Amnesty International Nigeria
September 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"The UN Special Rapporteurs have concurred with our finding that the repeated oil spills in the Niger Delta amount to violations of human rights. For every rights violation, there must be a remedy...
September 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM