CIDSE
@cidse.bsky.social
🌎 We are a global network of Catholic social justice orgs. working on #systemicchange, #globaljustice, #climatejustice, #agroecology, #landrights, #corporatepower, #decolonisation.
📍Brussels | 🔗 https://cidse.org
📍Brussels | 🔗 https://cidse.org
#COP30 started in Belém 🌍
CIDSE is close to the Amazon—a powerful reminder of what's at stake.
For CIDSE, this COP is about solidarity, justice, & protecting our common home. We're here to push for real solutions, not false ones. ✊
Stay tuned 👉 buff.ly/AtyNe8N
CIDSE is close to the Amazon—a powerful reminder of what's at stake.
For CIDSE, this COP is about solidarity, justice, & protecting our common home. We're here to push for real solutions, not false ones. ✊
Stay tuned 👉 buff.ly/AtyNe8N
November 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
#COP30 started in Belém 🌍
CIDSE is close to the Amazon—a powerful reminder of what's at stake.
For CIDSE, this COP is about solidarity, justice, & protecting our common home. We're here to push for real solutions, not false ones. ✊
Stay tuned 👉 buff.ly/AtyNe8N
CIDSE is close to the Amazon—a powerful reminder of what's at stake.
For CIDSE, this COP is about solidarity, justice, & protecting our common home. We're here to push for real solutions, not false ones. ✊
Stay tuned 👉 buff.ly/AtyNe8N
Ahead of the #AUEUSummit, CIDSE, Comece, SECAM, @caritaseuropa.bsky.social, Caritas Africa, Caritas MONA & partners urge #EU & #AU leaders to build a partnership that brings justice to African peoples: fair energy, agroecology, debt justice & people-centred development: cidse.org/2025/11/10/f...
For a partnership that brings justice for the African people
Joint statement in view of the 7th African Union-European Union (AU-EU) Summit
Together with COMECE, the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM), Caritas Africa, Caritas...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Ahead of the #AUEUSummit, CIDSE, Comece, SECAM, @caritaseuropa.bsky.social, Caritas Africa, Caritas MONA & partners urge #EU & #AU leaders to build a partnership that brings justice to African peoples: fair energy, agroecology, debt justice & people-centred development: cidse.org/2025/11/10/f...
🌍 We brought together 157 people from 44 countries who reject the idea that "it's too late."
As COP30 approaches, we're releasing:
📢 Call to Action → for governments
🌱 Solidarity Message → for activists heading to Belém
Hope is built through action 👉 www.cidse.org/2025/11/05/c...
As COP30 approaches, we're releasing:
📢 Call to Action → for governments
🌱 Solidarity Message → for activists heading to Belém
Hope is built through action 👉 www.cidse.org/2025/11/05/c...
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🌍 We brought together 157 people from 44 countries who reject the idea that "it's too late."
As COP30 approaches, we're releasing:
📢 Call to Action → for governments
🌱 Solidarity Message → for activists heading to Belém
Hope is built through action 👉 www.cidse.org/2025/11/05/c...
As COP30 approaches, we're releasing:
📢 Call to Action → for governments
🌱 Solidarity Message → for activists heading to Belém
Hope is built through action 👉 www.cidse.org/2025/11/05/c...
🧭 Next stop? Belém! CIDSE will be at #COP30 engaging with civil society, local communities & faith actors to demand climate justice rooted in solidarity. At this critical moment, we need ambitious action that puts people & planet at the center.🌎
🔗https://www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/cidsecop30-in-belem/
🔗https://www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/cidsecop30-in-belem/
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
🧭 Next stop? Belém! CIDSE will be at #COP30 engaging with civil society, local communities & faith actors to demand climate justice rooted in solidarity. At this critical moment, we need ambitious action that puts people & planet at the center.🌎
🔗https://www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/cidsecop30-in-belem/
🔗https://www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/cidsecop30-in-belem/
🚨 NEW joint statement
It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line.
Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU & non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/o...
It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line.
Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU & non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/o...
Omnibus I: the European Parliament must deliver a credible and ambitious approach
Joint statement, 30 October 2025
Ahead of the scheduled vote during the European Parliament plenary session on Thursday 13 November, CIDSE and over 140 EU and non-EU civil society organisations fro...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:06 PM
🚨 NEW joint statement
It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line.
Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU & non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/o...
It's time: the EU’s credibility on human rights & climate is on the line.
Ahead of the #Omnibus I vote, 140+ EU & non-EU CSOs urge MEPs to back a strong, fair deal that protects workers, communities & our planet, not corporate interests.
www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/o...
🌍 CIDSE is heading to #COP30 in Belém! We'll be at both the Peoples' Summit and COP30, amplifying frontline voices and pushing for climate justice rooted in solidarity and human rights.
Follow our dedicated page for daily updates, schedules & key events from Brazil 🔗 www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/c...
Follow our dedicated page for daily updates, schedules & key events from Brazil 🔗 www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/c...
October 31, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🌍 CIDSE is heading to #COP30 in Belém! We'll be at both the Peoples' Summit and COP30, amplifying frontline voices and pushing for climate justice rooted in solidarity and human rights.
Follow our dedicated page for daily updates, schedules & key events from Brazil 🔗 www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/c...
Follow our dedicated page for daily updates, schedules & key events from Brazil 🔗 www.cidse.org/2025/10/30/c...
#TBT to last week in Geneva 🇨🇭
CIDSE pushed for a binding #UNtreaty that puts human rights above corporate power.
After 12 years, affected communities need this instrument to end corporate impunity.
Progress is coming, now we need political courage ✊
🔗https://buff.ly/QZWGnwG
CIDSE pushed for a binding #UNtreaty that puts human rights above corporate power.
After 12 years, affected communities need this instrument to end corporate impunity.
Progress is coming, now we need political courage ✊
🔗https://buff.ly/QZWGnwG
October 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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A Treaty would ensure companies be held liable for their actions, allowing for sanctions, withdrawal of licenses and criminal liability for severe abuses and impacts.
It’s simple: we need a treaty, and we need one now! #BusinessAndHumanRights #BindingTreaty @cidse.bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social
It’s simple: we need a treaty, and we need one now! #BusinessAndHumanRights #BindingTreaty @cidse.bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A Treaty would ensure companies be held liable for their actions, allowing for sanctions, withdrawal of licenses and criminal liability for severe abuses and impacts.
It’s simple: we need a treaty, and we need one now! #BusinessAndHumanRights #BindingTreaty @cidse.bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social
It’s simple: we need a treaty, and we need one now! #BusinessAndHumanRights #BindingTreaty @cidse.bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social
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This week Quelvin is in Geneva to represent the Xinka Parliament during the 11th Session of the negotiations for a UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights, reminding delegates that justice has still not been served.
A Treaty would make respecting human rights a legal requirement for companies.
A Treaty would make respecting human rights a legal requirement for companies.
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This week Quelvin is in Geneva to represent the Xinka Parliament during the 11th Session of the negotiations for a UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights, reminding delegates that justice has still not been served.
A Treaty would make respecting human rights a legal requirement for companies.
A Treaty would make respecting human rights a legal requirement for companies.
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“It is a very tortuous process, especially when the victims are the poorest people, those with the least access to resources...”
Quelvin Jiménez, lawyer for the Xinka Parliament, speaks about the struggles for indigenous communities in Guatemala to access justice in the fight to protect their land.
Quelvin Jiménez, lawyer for the Xinka Parliament, speaks about the struggles for indigenous communities in Guatemala to access justice in the fight to protect their land.
October 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“It is a very tortuous process, especially when the victims are the poorest people, those with the least access to resources...”
Quelvin Jiménez, lawyer for the Xinka Parliament, speaks about the struggles for indigenous communities in Guatemala to access justice in the fight to protect their land.
Quelvin Jiménez, lawyer for the Xinka Parliament, speaks about the struggles for indigenous communities in Guatemala to access justice in the fight to protect their land.
💭Want to understand a bit more about the negotiation process for a #bindingtreaty on #biz&humanrights?
📣Hear Susana Hernandéz directly from #Geneva explaining the relevance of such instrument ⤵️
📣Hear Susana Hernandéz directly from #Geneva explaining the relevance of such instrument ⤵️
As the negotiations for a #bindingtreaty on #businessandhumanrights heads into Day 3, Susana Hernandez of @cidse.bsky.social summarises the first 2 days of the session, where oil-rich Gulf States have been to the fore in defending trade and investment agreements. @trocaire.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 8:50 AM
💭Want to understand a bit more about the negotiation process for a #bindingtreaty on #biz&humanrights?
📣Hear Susana Hernandéz directly from #Geneva explaining the relevance of such instrument ⤵️
📣Hear Susana Hernandéz directly from #Geneva explaining the relevance of such instrument ⤵️
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Collega @wieswillems.bsky.social nam namens ons, @cidse.bsky.social en @trocaire.bsky.social het woord tijdens de VN onderhandelingen inzake #bedrijven en #mensenrechten Hij benadrukte dat getroffen gemeenschappen de schendingen van #mensenrechten direct moeten kunnen melden.👏 #BindingTreaty
At UN #BindingTreaty negotiations day 2, I had the opportunity to intervene for @cidse.bsky.social @broederlijkdelen.bsky.social @trocaire.bsky.social. We stressed that the proposed Committee under this instrument must enable affected communities to directly raise cases of #humanrights abuses.
October 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Collega @wieswillems.bsky.social nam namens ons, @cidse.bsky.social en @trocaire.bsky.social het woord tijdens de VN onderhandelingen inzake #bedrijven en #mensenrechten Hij benadrukte dat getroffen gemeenschappen de schendingen van #mensenrechten direct moeten kunnen melden.👏 #BindingTreaty
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At UN #BindingTreaty negotiations day 2, I had the opportunity to intervene for @cidse.bsky.social @broederlijkdelen.bsky.social @trocaire.bsky.social. We stressed that the proposed Committee under this instrument must enable affected communities to directly raise cases of #humanrights abuses.
October 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
At UN #BindingTreaty negotiations day 2, I had the opportunity to intervene for @cidse.bsky.social @broederlijkdelen.bsky.social @trocaire.bsky.social. We stressed that the proposed Committee under this instrument must enable affected communities to directly raise cases of #humanrights abuses.
CIDSE Delegation is in #Geneva for the 11th Session of the UN #BindingTreaty to push for a legally binding instrument that puts #humanrights ahead of #profit.
Check out our page www.cidse.org/2025/10/20/c...
Check out our page www.cidse.org/2025/10/20/c...
October 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
CIDSE Delegation is in #Geneva for the 11th Session of the UN #BindingTreaty to push for a legally binding instrument that puts #humanrights ahead of #profit.
Check out our page www.cidse.org/2025/10/20/c...
Check out our page www.cidse.org/2025/10/20/c...
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Collega @wieswillems.bsky.social volgt samen met collega's van @cidse.bsky.social de 11de sessie van de onderhandelingen voor het VN-verdrag over #bedrijven en #mensenrechten in Genève. #BindingTreaty
🌍 Start of 11th session of UN #BindingTreaty negotiations. In times of EU deregulation on #humanrights, civil society is here to make clear an international instrument to hold corporations accountable is needed more than ever.👇@broederlijkdelen.bsky.social
www.cidse.org/2025/10/20/c...
www.cidse.org/2025/10/20/c...
CIDSE @ the 11th Session of the UN Binding Treaty
!!! Check this page on a regular basis for our latest updates !!!
As part of its commitment to advocate for human rights above corporate interests, CIDSE is closely following the negotiations for a...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Collega @wieswillems.bsky.social volgt samen met collega's van @cidse.bsky.social de 11de sessie van de onderhandelingen voor het VN-verdrag over #bedrijven en #mensenrechten in Genève. #BindingTreaty
📢 CIDSE +79 international organisations signed an open letter addressing serious concerns about recent US sanctions imposed on three Palestinian human rights organisations: Al-Haq, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights.
🔗 www.cidse.org/2025/10/20/u...
🔗 www.cidse.org/2025/10/20/u...
U.S. Sanctions on Palestinian Human Rights Orgs Erode International Law
CIDSE joined 79 organisations in an open letter expressing grave concern about the Trump administration’s imposition of sanctions on three prominent Palestinian human rights organisations due to their...
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October 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
📢 CIDSE +79 international organisations signed an open letter addressing serious concerns about recent US sanctions imposed on three Palestinian human rights organisations: Al-Haq, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights.
🔗 www.cidse.org/2025/10/20/u...
🔗 www.cidse.org/2025/10/20/u...
🌊 Like a river, we flow forward together.
Just published our #CIDSE60 celebration story—reflections on 60 years of solidarity, courage in dark times, and paper boats carrying hope to #COP30.
It's about refusing to look away and believing every action matters.
🔗 www.cidse.org/2025/10/16/l...
Just published our #CIDSE60 celebration story—reflections on 60 years of solidarity, courage in dark times, and paper boats carrying hope to #COP30.
It's about refusing to look away and believing every action matters.
🔗 www.cidse.org/2025/10/16/l...
Like a River: Celebrating 60 Years of CIDSE
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October 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🌊 Like a river, we flow forward together.
Just published our #CIDSE60 celebration story—reflections on 60 years of solidarity, courage in dark times, and paper boats carrying hope to #COP30.
It's about refusing to look away and believing every action matters.
🔗 www.cidse.org/2025/10/16/l...
Just published our #CIDSE60 celebration story—reflections on 60 years of solidarity, courage in dark times, and paper boats carrying hope to #COP30.
It's about refusing to look away and believing every action matters.
🔗 www.cidse.org/2025/10/16/l...
🗣️ We want economic relations based on solidarity, equity & reciprocity, not exploitation - Ramona Domingo Díaz, CPO.
At the EU–LAC Group event, CIDSE emphasised: the #EULAC partnership must center democracy, human rights, gender equality & civic space through concrete action.🤝
At the EU–LAC Group event, CIDSE emphasised: the #EULAC partnership must center democracy, human rights, gender equality & civic space through concrete action.🤝
October 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
🗣️ We want economic relations based on solidarity, equity & reciprocity, not exploitation - Ramona Domingo Díaz, CPO.
At the EU–LAC Group event, CIDSE emphasised: the #EULAC partnership must center democracy, human rights, gender equality & civic space through concrete action.🤝
At the EU–LAC Group event, CIDSE emphasised: the #EULAC partnership must center democracy, human rights, gender equality & civic space through concrete action.🤝
🌍 Join us for a crucial webinar on corporate accountability & human rights! Learn how to advocate for a binding UN treaty that puts people before profit.
📅 Oct 13 | 14:00-15:00 CEST
Register now 👇
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📅 Oct 13 | 14:00-15:00 CEST
Register now 👇
actalliance-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🌍 Join us for a crucial webinar on corporate accountability & human rights! Learn how to advocate for a binding UN treaty that puts people before profit.
📅 Oct 13 | 14:00-15:00 CEST
Register now 👇
actalliance-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
📅 Oct 13 | 14:00-15:00 CEST
Register now 👇
actalliance-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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🚨ELSiA calls on EU leaders to show courage and compassion ahead of #COP30 in Belém. Our letter urges stronger EU climate ambition, a just transition and solidarity with those most affected by the climate crisis.
Read more 👉 elsialliance.org/elsia-calls-...
#LaudatoSi
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#LaudatoSi
October 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🚨ELSiA calls on EU leaders to show courage and compassion ahead of #COP30 in Belém. Our letter urges stronger EU climate ambition, a just transition and solidarity with those most affected by the climate crisis.
Read more 👉 elsialliance.org/elsia-calls-...
#LaudatoSi
Read more 👉 elsialliance.org/elsia-calls-...
#LaudatoSi
🌍 Last day to register!
📣 Latin America & the Caribbean and the EU in the Face of Global Challenges 📅 13 Oct | 15:00 CEST
📍European Parliament, Brussels
📝Register today: www.cidse.org?event=latin-...
📣 Latin America & the Caribbean and the EU in the Face of Global Challenges 📅 13 Oct | 15:00 CEST
📍European Parliament, Brussels
📝Register today: www.cidse.org?event=latin-...
Latin America AND the Caribbean and the EU in the Face of Global Challenges
When? 13 October 2025, 15:00 CESTOrganisers: EU–LAC Civil Society Working GroupWhere ? European Parliament Building, Spinelli Building, Room A5E1Language: Spanish with interpretation in EnglishHow
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October 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
🌍 Last day to register!
📣 Latin America & the Caribbean and the EU in the Face of Global Challenges 📅 13 Oct | 15:00 CEST
📍European Parliament, Brussels
📝Register today: www.cidse.org?event=latin-...
📣 Latin America & the Caribbean and the EU in the Face of Global Challenges 📅 13 Oct | 15:00 CEST
📍European Parliament, Brussels
📝Register today: www.cidse.org?event=latin-...
🌍✝️ On 6 Oct at 14:00 CEST, CIDSE President Bernd Nilles will join as a panelist in “Amplifying the Call: Global South Catholic Bishops’ Conferences to COP30 and Beyond.”
Together we’ll raise a strong moral voice for #ClimateJustice ahead of #COP30.
Register 🔗
Together we’ll raise a strong moral voice for #ClimateJustice ahead of #COP30.
Register 🔗
Amplifying the Call for the Global South Catholic Bishops’ Conferences to COP30 and Beyond
In preparation for COP30, CIDSE, Franciscans International, Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) Commission of the Union of Superiors General (USG), the International Union of Superiors Ge
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October 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🌍✝️ On 6 Oct at 14:00 CEST, CIDSE President Bernd Nilles will join as a panelist in “Amplifying the Call: Global South Catholic Bishops’ Conferences to COP30 and Beyond.”
Together we’ll raise a strong moral voice for #ClimateJustice ahead of #COP30.
Register 🔗
Together we’ll raise a strong moral voice for #ClimateJustice ahead of #COP30.
Register 🔗
[1/4] A few hours after the #RaisingHope conference in Castel Gandolfo closed, CIDSE's Secretary General, @josiannegauthier.bsky.social reflected on her main takeaways, focusing specifically on what lifts our spirits in challenging times.
October 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
[1/4] A few hours after the #RaisingHope conference in Castel Gandolfo closed, CIDSE's Secretary General, @josiannegauthier.bsky.social reflected on her main takeaways, focusing specifically on what lifts our spirits in challenging times.
🌱 “We must move from collecting data to caring… from discourse to ecological conversion.” – Pope Leo XIV
🌍 “COP30 must be the COP of Hope.” – Marina Silva
At #RaisingHope, urgency turned into hope & action. The movement is strong, and we will keep flowing like a river past obstacles. ✨
🌍 “COP30 must be the COP of Hope.” – Marina Silva
At #RaisingHope, urgency turned into hope & action. The movement is strong, and we will keep flowing like a river past obstacles. ✨
October 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🌱 “We must move from collecting data to caring… from discourse to ecological conversion.” – Pope Leo XIV
🌍 “COP30 must be the COP of Hope.” – Marina Silva
At #RaisingHope, urgency turned into hope & action. The movement is strong, and we will keep flowing like a river past obstacles. ✨
🌍 “COP30 must be the COP of Hope.” – Marina Silva
At #RaisingHope, urgency turned into hope & action. The movement is strong, and we will keep flowing like a river past obstacles. ✨
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An emotional first day at #RaisingHopeConference 🌍 Hundreds gathered at Centro Mariapoli to mark 10 yrs of #LaudatoSi. Highlights: meeting Pope Leo, sharing journeys toward #COP30, & presenting ELSiA’s “Europe’s Ecological Journey.” Tomorrow: diving into its impact!
October 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
An emotional first day at #RaisingHopeConference 🌍 Hundreds gathered at Centro Mariapoli to mark 10 yrs of #LaudatoSi. Highlights: meeting Pope Leo, sharing journeys toward #COP30, & presenting ELSiA’s “Europe’s Ecological Journey.” Tomorrow: diving into its impact!