Esta carta fue enviada al Presidente Moreno y al Directorio Ejecutivo del BID en julio de 2014 por un conjunto de Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil (entre ellas Fundeps), solicitando un proceso de consulta público efectivo y participativo para la segunda fase de revisión de la Política del MICI.
The Director of Human Rights of the Minister of Foreign Affairs’ office welcomed Civil Society representatives to discuss Argentina’s position in the next session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
As part of World No Tobacco Day, which is celebrated every year on the 31st of May, FUNDEPS is sharing a statement signed by various health organizations in order to promote the improvement of tobacco control policies and health protection, particularly in relation to taxation policies.
Representatives of FUNDEPS took part in the latest meeting of the Environmental Issues Commission of the provincial legislature of Córdoba, during which the topic of mechanisms for civic participation in the Environmental Policy bill for the province, was discussed at great length.
The event’s agenda revolved around the governance of and trends of investments in infrastructure in Latin America, and on the necessity of improved communication on the part of Latin American civil society in the face of a complicated and challenging regional backdrop.
FUNDEPS was present at the meeting convened by the Joint Commission for the Legislature of Córdoba to discuss the environmental policy bill. Working document detailing observations and central criticisms of the bill.
Civil society organisations from the region have published a document in which the Bank is demanded to adopt a Freedom of Information Policy.
The civil society delegation held meetings in various European cities with government officials and delegates from the World Bank as part of the revision process of the Institution’s safeguards. From 10th to 18th March, FUNDEPS took its place on a civil society delegation which was made up of representatives from South American, Central American and […]
Without the participation of civil society, the Board of Governors of the IBD decided to approve an historic institutional restructuring with the intention of consolidating its private sector activities.
La incipiente intervención de Instituciones Financieras Internacionales en proyectos globales de gran envergadura, ha suscitado la cuestión de cuál es el rol de los Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales en la ejecución de tales Proyectos, cuando los mismos exceden los límites territoriales de los Estados intervinientes. Así, este Documento de Trabajo busca abordar la compleja relación existente entre las IFIs, las […]
Last Friday, March 21st the FUNDEPS Human Rights team visited the courts and the legal counsel of the city of Alta Gracia, to continue the follow-up of the case that discusses the constitutionality of the “Protected Environmental Zones” established by Municipal ordinance No. 9375.
FUNDEPS appeared together with residents of Alta Gracia in a legal case to discuss the constitutionality of the ‘Zone of Environmental Protection’, in which the use of chemical spraying is prohibited. The regulations, which are disputed by farmers, have led to an important advance in the protection of the human right to health for the citizens of Alta Gracia, and the end of environmental pollution that should be guaranteed by law.