Join with thousands of others to ask our MPs to put people, climate and nature at the heart of our nation’s recovery.
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Last year were able to meet with our MPs at Parliament. This year why not join us for our first virtual lobby? Find out more about the Climate Coalition
We look forward to working with people across the region to address issues related to the climate emergency.
Climate breakdown is already wreaking havoc across the world:
What is Climate Action Leicester and Leicestershire? We’re a group of people living in Leicester and Leicestershire who are terrified and inspired by the climate crisis and climate justice and are working together to address these issues.
You can find out more about Climate Action Leicester and Leicestershire on their website
Last year Global Justice Leicester campaigned for MPs to have the right to vote on trade deals before they are signed. Unfortunately, all of our work was undone when the Trade Bill was dropped before the recent general election.
The US/UK trade deal is a long term agreement that changes the lives of everyone in this country. It should not be negotiated in private away from democratic processes.
We need to keep up to date with developments and oppose any agreements that threaten the NHS, food standards or make us accept rules imposed by the Trump administration.
Find out more about the US/UK trade deal on the Global Justice Now website
This meeting is being arranged with Christians Aware
At the Global Justice Now AGM in June Pia Eberhardt from Corporate Europe Observatory spoke movingly about the struggle to protect an area of natural beauty and possible UNESCO World Heritage site.
Canadian company Gabriel Resources have applied to build a toxic gold mine in the Romanian area of Rosia Montana. If given the go ahead, it would destroy homes, damage the local environment and cause the destruction of an irreplaceable heritage site.
Pia Eberhardt speaking at the Global Justice Now AGM in Birmingham
The open cast gold mine has not been given permission by the Romanian courts. This decision was made after a legal process that took into account the facts about the impact of the gold mine on the community and environment.
Now Canadian Company Gabriel Resources is suing Romania in an international tribunal, seeking US$5.7 billion in compensation – nearly 3% of Romania’s GDP.
Sign the petition against corporate courts here
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Why not join us in the campaign to stop the corporate court system?
People who are very keen for the UK to strike its own trade deals around the world may not be very familiar with the Investor -State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system.
This enables corporations who are party to these trade deals to use tribunals to sue governments who have national legislation in place to benefit their citizens and preserve environmental and health standards, but which may affect corporation profits when they seek to take advantage of their new trade access.
Examples include:
Developing countries can be particularly at risk if they try to retain some national protections which can be challenged by corporations, resulting in large payments to lawyers and companies which could be better spent on services benefiting its citizens.
In the light of these unjust decisions a number of countries are now refusing to sign trade agreements which include ISDS provisions.
Follow the link to the Global Justice petition calling for no UK trade deals to be signed which include any recourse to the ISDS system:
https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/join-fight-against-corporate-courts?
It is with much sadness that we announce the death of Global Justice Leicester member Glyn Haines on 29th October. Glyn believed passionately that the world’s resources should be shared fairly. He was a tireless campaigner against the root causes of poverty.
Glyn’s enthusiasm and energy were boundless. He braved all weathers to support the work of Global Justice Leicester and share our campaigns with members of the public. We have lost a wonderful friend, who left the world a much better place than he found it.
