Trócaire report says area six times the size of Ireland sold off to companies since 2000
Almost 250 people around the world were murdered last year for defending land, indigenous people and environmental rights, according to a report by Trócaire.
The report, entitled ‘Making a Killing: Holding Corporations to Account for Land and Human Rights Violations’, was published in conjunction with the start of Trócaire’s annual Lenten appeal. The charity was established by the Irish Catholic church in 1973. “The human rights framework governing businesses has not kept pace with the modern economy,” said Trócaire chief executive Caoimhe de“We live in a globalised world, where business knows no border. Countries, particularly in the developing world, compete for investment from companies often richer and more powerful than they are.”
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