The African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA) was launched with the support of Global Rights in November 2013. It gathers civil society organizations working on issues ranging from mining and other extractive industries, public and private security sector accountability, natural resource rights, including land acquisition, tenure, and property rights, financial regulatory policy, as well as accountability mechanisms for human and people’s rights, and environmental rights. ACCA uses policy advocacy, evidence-based research, capacity-building, and technical support to promote community rights, as affected by businesses, at regional and international levels while also focusing on national domestication and implementation of regional and international mechanisms.
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ACCA’s mission is to facilitate a cross-border alliance to create a strong and united African network of civil society organizations and communities, that seek to protect and promote human rights in the context of business activities. The ACCA provides a regional platform to share information and knowledge among its members and communities, and between ACCA and other coalitions and organizations.
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ACCA focuses on different work streams, including: access to remedy, free prior and informed consent (FPIC), the Treaty process, and Chinese investments in Africa. It engages in different activities, such as advocacy work at the international level and capacity building to empower its members’ skills on access to remedy, FPIC and the Treaty process on Business and Human Rights. ACCA collaborates also with different stakeholders around the world on specific cases related to human rights and corporate accountability.
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We are excited to announce that, w/ our member @WRIEquity, we are developing a new initiative to protect Grassroots Environmental #Defenders!
The Standing Together for Environmental Defenders (#STAND) will offer training, financial support and collaborative partnerships 🧵(1/4)
📢 Save the Date! 📅 16:00CET, 9 April
Join BHRRC’s @ChristenDobson as she speaks at the online launch of new Indicators on Business & Human Rights, spearheaded by @ISHRglobal.
Register here👉: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5m9V1XgyQ0mN83ltukcjFg#/registration
🚨Today, as their hearing takes place, we urge authorities in #ElSalvador to drop all charges against 5 environmental rights defenders from @ades_sm.
The criminalization of HRDs for peacefully protecting their territory must end❗️
https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/upcoming-hearing-five-community-leaders-and-environmental-rights-defenders-facing-2
Very worrying news from #Kyrgyzstan, where the president has signed the controversial law on "foreign representatives", that risks stigmatizing and silencing critical voices.
https://cpj.org/2024/04/kyrgyzstan-president-signs-russian-style-foreign-agents-law/
In a recent letter, local & intl CSOs had called on development banks to take a stance to protect #civicspace and use their leverage to push the Kyrgyz govt to stop the law.
https://rightsindevelopment.org/news/kyrgyzstan-foreign-representative-law/
Standing in solidarity with our Kyrgyz partners, we hope the govt will now withdraw the other proposed law on NGOs and will not use the new bill on foreign repr to target critics & silence dissent.
Read more in this analysis by @ICNLAlliance 👇
https://www.icnl.org/post/analysis/analysis-of-the-kyrgyz-republic-draft-law-on-non-governmental-organizations