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#34 Maxwell Atuhura & Nicholas Omonuk: A Call from Global South Human Rights and Climate Defenders for a Strong CSDDD

Listen to Maxwell Atuhura, Human Rights defender against EACOP project and Nicholas Omonut Okoit, student and part of End Fossil Occupy Uganda, Rise Up Movement and Fridays For Future MAPA.

We often hear discussions about corporate accountability being too dominated by developed countries and that we need to hear more voices from the Global South.

What does the global value chain look like from the other end? How do concepts in international documents like the UN Guiding Principles apply on the ground? Is it really possible for victims to get a fair hearing?

You’ll hear more about:

  • The negative impacts on human rights and climate of oil pipeline projects in Uganda
  • The disparities between the pledges taken by companies and the reality on the ground
  • The reality of being climate and human right defenders in 2023
  • Rightsholders direct message to policymakers in Brussels

“We are here to ask for a tangible and sensible Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. A law that really makes sense, which people can use to get justice. That is our appeal: Justice for people, justice for the environment.”

Maxwell Atuhura in Frankly Speaking

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