... struggle, the communities in resistance to the mine were violently evicted by the police.
By February 2016, the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya won a Guatemalan Supreme Court ruling that provisionally ...
... Panel found that "there is no basis to justify the trial". In addition to the fact that there is no justification for advancing the trial, the defenders have been prosecuted by a court that "has not responded ...
CNCA
Today the Federal Court of Canada hears a case alleging that the Canadian government is improperly withholding information about its diplomatic interventions on behalf of a Canadian company accused ...
ConexiHon
Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case, August 17, 2020 Late last week, defense lawyers for the more than 20 environmental defenders from Tocoa, ...
Press Release
Criminalization of the Aymara People - Supreme Court Will Decide on Aduviri Case on October 5th.
20th September 2018 Cochabamba, Ottawa, Puno, Washington. On Monday September 17th at ...
... a truck at a roadside action in Casillas to make sure it does not carry material or supplies destined for the Escobal mine. Sandra CuffeOn Monday, the Guatemalan Constitutional Court upheld the suspension ...
... national courts. A recent investigation by the Guatemalan public ministry could come with criminal charges for executives of the controversial gold mine.
On May 27, the Guatemalan Public Ministry opened ...
International Labour Organization
The Convention No. 169 is a central element of the contemporary international normative framework for the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous and tribal ...
... is also co-founder of Canadians against Mining in El Salvador. This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Salvadorans-Warn-Canadians-about-World-Banks-Kangaroo-Court-20150515-0022.html. ...
... in the municipalities of Mataquescuintla, San Juan Tecuaco, and Jalapa set a relevant legal precedent to declare the consultation legitimate, where the Constitutional Court dismissed injunctions presented ...
... over local consultations. “If the company wishes to have the referendum overturned, it must find a pro-mining group to initiate an injunction through a local court,” said Armando Teo, a local community ...
... people.
In the last five years alone, more than 50 Garífuna men and women have been killed; 30 have been jailed and 32 have a court order, prosecuted for the alleged usurpation of their own ancestral ...
... November 2017. Colombia's constitutional court suspended operations due to concerns about the impact of diverting a river on the local water supply.
Anglo American's latest legal challenge was filed ...
... KCA’s assets.
May 21, 2021 police action. Credit: Peaceful Resistance La Puya.
The company’s assets were frozen in mid-2016 for illegal mineral extraction after it defied a court decision in late ...
... but this provincial ordinance is under threat as it is currently being “reviewed” by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, notwithstanding a court decision upholding it as in line with the mandate of the Constitution ...
... Court’s September 3, 2018 decision, which ordered consultation with the Xinka people over the Escobal mining project.
However, there is now concrete progress in the pre-consultation process. One of the ...
... a provisional writ awarded by the Supreme Court of Justice in 2015.
2. In 2016, the Public Prosecutor’s Office carried out proceedings as a result of an investigation into the mining company for illegal ...
... to do its human rights and environmental due diligence, those affected would have the statutory right to bring a civil lawsuit against that company in Canadian court.
“Canadian businesses that are already ...
... mine in Guatemala where a court-ordered consultation with the Indigenous Xinka People is pending. Pan American Silver’s continued interference at the local level is seen by the Xinka as an act of bad faith ...
... integrity of a court-ordered consultation process and put their security at risk.
Pan American Silver’s Escobal mine has been suspended since June 2017, first as a result of direct community action and ...