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Oxfam and allies blast the EU-Turkey deal on its third anniversary for leading to short-sighted and dangerous migration policies

13 March 2019

The European Union’s deal with Turkey to control migration and return “irregular” migrants has led to policies and practices in Greece that are short-sighted, unsustainable, ineffective and dangerous, say Oxfam and 24 other NGOs in an open letter ahead of the deal’s third anniversary.
EU's tax havens blacklist ‘more like a whitewash'

12 March 2019

EU Finance Ministers have dropped five of the world’s worst tax havens from the EU 'black' and 'grey' list of tax havens published today.
Brussels Syria conference: Syrians don’t need handouts, they need to rebuild their lives

11 March 2019

Oxfam and the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) today called on governments and other donors to provide more funding to help Syrians recover from eight years of conflict and rebuild their lives.
New IMF Report should trigger seismic shift in international communities approach to corporate tax abuse

11 March 2019
Notorious tax havens to be let off the hook in EU’s blacklist review

6 March 2019

EU finance ministers look set to whitewash nine of the world’s worst tax havens when they update the EU tax haven blacklist next week, says Oxfam.
Oxfam urges Honduran Government to protect rights and autonomy of indigenous people

5 March 2019

Three years after the murder of Honduran rights activist Berta Caceres for her leadership in the campaign against the Agua Zarca hydroelectric project, indigenous people are still being excluded from any consultative process in the extractives industry.
Forbes Publishes 2019 Billionaires List

5 March 2019
IACHR and Oxfam Sign Agreement for Cooperation in Latin American and Caribbean Human Rights Crises

4 March 2019

The deal was signed in a context of shrinking spaces for the exercise of human rights and civil society participation in the region.
Oxfam reaction to US Supreme Court ruling on IFC’s immunity

27 February 2019

Reaction to today’s ruling by the US Supreme Court that the International Finance Corporation (IFC) was not categorically immune from lawsuits under US law.
Financial support from Geneva pledging conference is not enough for Yemeni people

26 February 2019

Governments in Geneva took a step to alleviate the suffering of millions of people who are victims of the worst humanitarian crisis in the world, yet financial support is not enough.

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Oxfam and allies blast the EU-Turkey deal on its third anniversary for leading to short-sighted and dangerous migration policies

EU's tax havens blacklist ‘more like a whitewash'

Brussels Syria conference: Syrians don’t need handouts, they need to rebuild their lives

New IMF Report should trigger seismic shift in international communities approach to corporate tax abuse

Notorious tax havens to be let off the hook in EU’s blacklist review

Oxfam urges Honduran Government to protect rights and autonomy of indigenous people

Forbes Publishes 2019 Billionaires List

IACHR and Oxfam Sign Agreement for Cooperation in Latin American and Caribbean Human Rights Crises

Oxfam reaction to US Supreme Court ruling on IFC’s immunity

Financial support from Geneva pledging conference is not enough for Yemeni people