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IBFAN Written Contribution to the 3rd Session of the Intergovernmental Working Group on TNCs and OBEs with respect to human rights
The Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises with respect to human rights will meet for the 3rd time, from 23 to 27 October at the Palais des Nations, in Geneva. The IGWG had published earlier...
CESCR General Comment No. 24 on State Obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the context of business activities: restricting marketing and advertising of certain goods to protect public health
Released last August, the General Comment No. 24 (2017) adopted by the CESCR (Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) provided an important clarification on State Obligations in reaction to the growing impact of business activities on the enjoyment of...
Launch of the 11th Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules 2017!
On September 2017, IBFAN-ICDC launched its 11th Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules 2017 Global monitoring report. The BTR 2017 is a compilation of marketing practices from around the world that violate the International Code, covering the past 3 years....
Happy 25th World Breastfeeding Week!
The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) joins the rest of the world to commemorate the 25th World Breastfeeding Week from the 1st to 7th August 2017. This year’s theme is “Sustaining Breastfeeding: Building Alliances without Conflicts of Interest”...
The Concluding Observations of the CRC and the CESCR Committees put breastfeeding in the spotlight
From May 15 to June 2, 2017, the Committee on the Rights of the Child held its 75th Session in Geneva, while the 61st Session of the Committee on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was held between May 29 and...
IBFAN tackles corporate influence in global health governance at the 70th World Health Assembly
In May 2017, delegates from IBFAN-GIFA, Baby Milk Action/IBFAN UK and FIAN International advocated under IBFAN accreditation for increased corporate accountability and effective safeguards against the undue corporate influence in global health governance at the 70th World Health Assembly...
New report: Breaking the Rules (2014)
The new report ‘Breaking the Rules’ published in January 2014 by IBFAN-ICDC (IBFAN International Code Documentation Centre), details global trends in marketing by baby food manufacturers and denounces violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent relevant...
150th AGM of Nestlé: will the new CEO represent a real change of generation?
Human Rights Programme Officer Ms. Camille Selleger, from IBFAN-GIFA, took the floor at the 150th Annual General Meeting of Nestlé last April 6, 2017, and addressed directly her speech to the new CEO of Nestlé, Mr. Ulf Mark Schneider:...
IBFAN-GIFA at the Salon Bébé et Moi
The Bébé et Moi fair took place this year at Palexpo, in Geneva, from the 7th to the 9th of April. Parents-to-be, parents and grandparents came to the 3-day fair and found a high number of stands with useful materials,...
IBFAN at the 140th WHO Executive Board Meeting (23 January-1 February 2017)
The WHO Executive Board Meeting has started today (23rd January) and continues until 1st February 2017. Much of this week will take place in closed meetings for the election of the new Director General of WHO. IBFAN’s statements on the...
Regional Conference for Right Livelihood Laureates in Europe – 28 October to 2 November 2016
Laureates from the Right Livelihood Foundation will be in Europe. The conference will consist of two elements: an internal discussion among the Laureates (on 29th and 30th of October and 1st November), and a number of public thematic events...
World Health Organization’s independence and integrity are non-negotiable
Geneva, 24 May 2016 –Civil Society Organizations and Social Movements call upon WHO Member States not to compromise the independence, integrity and credibility of the WHO while negotiating on Framework on Engagement with Non-State Actors (FENSA). A joint statement...
Laws to protect breastfeeding inadequate in most countries
A new report by WHO, UNICEF, and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) reveals the status of national laws to protect and promote breastfeeding.
Implementing the International Code of Breast-milk Substitutes in Countries: Time to Accelerate Action
On 9 May 2016, WHO, UNICEF and IBFAN had the pleasure to hold an evening of discussion on national implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent relevant WHA resolutions at Geneva Press Club. Watch the event podcast on http://new.livestream.com/GvaPressClub/Breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is...
Save the World Health Organization from the undue influence of corporations and corporate linked entities
Civil Society Statement – Geneva 25th April 2016 The independence, integrity and credibility of World Health Organization (WHO) and its capacity to fulfil its constitutional mandate would be compromised if Member States failed to put in place a robust framework...
Right to Food and Nutrition WATCH 2015: IBFAN contributes to highlight how business profits from malnutrition
The report Right to Food and Nutrition Watch was published on October 2015. Several IBFAN members, namely Patti Rundall, Lida Lhotska, Marcos Arana, and Xaviera Cabada, contributed to it. In her article entitled The ‘Business of Malnutrition’: The Perfect...
WHO opens the doors wide to corporate influence
The long-running debate about how WHO interacts with corporations is coming to crisis point. The Framework proposed by WHO fails to deliver adequate guidance on how to discern which relationships are appropriate, and more specifically for guidance on issues related...
Safe feeding for your baby – IBFAN statement at the occasion of the World Health Day on Food Safety – 7 April 2015
Safe feeding of babies is of unique concern to all of us, as mothers, parents, or other caregivers of infants and young children. Avoiding the devastating effects of infectious illnesses, especially diarrheal illnesses that can be transmitted via foods...
IBFAN Statement on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
On the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, IBFAN would like to congratulate the States parties as well as the Committee on the Rights of the Child for the...
ICN2: update – Disappointing outcomes on negociations on nutrition
Statement of Civil Society Delegation, of which IBFAN-GIFA is an active member, to the Open ended working group of the International Conference on Nutrition- 14th October 2014, Rome.
IBFAN sends a letter to George Clooney asking him to cease its advertisments for Nestlé
No more Nespresso for George Clooney ? His wife should exert pressure on Clooney not to advertise for Nestlé anymore. IBFAN’s letter makes this call. The reason: Nestlé’s controversial baby milk marketing.
World premiere of Danis Tanovic’s Tigers gains standing ovation for Nestlé whistle blower
Baby Milk Action press release 9 September 2014. Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 8 September: Oscar-winning director, Danis Tanovic, took to the stage to resounding applause following the screening of Tigers, his new 90-minute fact-based drama, and revealed that the character played...
Public interest civil society organizations urge Member States to take a strong leadership role in finding a way forward to tackle the root causes of malnutrition
After months of advocacy efforts by public interest civil society organisations (CSOs) gathered in a coalition of 150 members for a more participatory and democratic UN process leading up to ICN2 (the Second International Conference on Nutrition), a first...
Oral statement to Committee on the Rights of the Child 2014 Day of General Discussion – Digital Media and Children’s Rights
Despite the article 5 of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, which prohibits baby food companies to advertise and promote their products to the general public, baby food companies are increasingly using social media as well as...
Union support for breastfeeding
August 1-7 is international breastfeeding week. Unions around the world are fighting for the right for women to continue breastfeeding after they return to work. RadioLabour’s senior correspondent C. Marie Ainsborough reports. Lien vers le reportage audio sur le...
Conflicts of interest might jeopardize proposed ‘Decade on Nutrition’ – FIAN International, 16 July 2014
Public Interest CSOs, Indigenous Peoples and Social Movements reiterate their demand for full civil society participation in ICN 2 process, as well as express their growing concern over corporate sector participation. Lien vers le communiqué de presse sur le...
UN Global Compact Office says it has no role to play in protecting integrity of initiative as Nestle continues to violate its principles – Baby Milk Action, 2 July 2014
Baby Milk Action has today sent an open letter to the Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, George Kell, over the failure of the Global Compact Office to hold Nestlé to account for breaking its stated commitment to abide by...
Leap forward to end human rights abuses by transnational corporations – FIAN International, 27 June 2014
UN Human Rights Council decides to start elaborating an international legally binding instrument to end human rights abuses and impunity by transnational corporations and other business enterprises Lien vers le communiqué de presse sur le site de FIAN International...
Treaty Alliance Press Release – 27 June 2014
Yesterday, a resolution was adopted in the UN Human Rights Council that will begin the process of elaborating an international legally binding instrument on business and human rights.