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21. Fifth referendum on mining is called in Cinquera, Cabañas: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and environmental organizations to promote democratic initiatives, such as binding referenda, that lead to the creation of municipal ordinances to protect the environment and preserve their natural resources. ...; Created on 03 January 2017
22. EL SALVADOR’S WIN AGAINST THE US MINING COMPANY PACIFIC RIM: A VERY NUANCED VICTORY: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... on a binding international treaty regulating the responsibility of states (including the state of origin) and enterprises with regards to human rights is so relevant. The efforts made at the recent second ...; Created on 28 December 2016
23. Commerce Group Mining Corporation required to pay for environmental clean up of the San Sebastian mine.: (Commerce Group); ... Rights Attorney’s Office, PDDH, is a constitutionally stablished body and its recommendations to the government are binding and its compliance by the state is closely monitored. “This institution will ...; Created on 02 March 2016
24. Peoples Sovereignty vs Impunity Inc.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of the "Open-ended intergovernmental working group on an international legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights”, which is to ...; Created on 12 July 2015
25. CAFTA-DR Mostly constitutional: Constitutional chamber Rules in El Salvador: (FTAs & ISDS); ... in domestic law. Judicial independence The plaintiffs argued that the exclusive power of the judiciary to interpret the treaty was violated. The Chamber concludes that CAFTA is not binding on any ...; Created on 31 May 2015
26. The water issue is thorny for the right wing in El Salvador: Interview with Lourdes Palacios: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of the legislative assembly. And although UN call is not binding, the call is for member countries to comply with the UN recommendations of 2006 to recognize water as a human right, is for this reason ...; Created on 23 January 2015
27. El Salvador’s struggle against corporate impunity: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to develop a binding treaty on the operations of Transnational corporations opens a window of opportunity to change that. Ecuador was a driving force behind the UNHRC resolution in part because its citizens ...; Created on 20 October 2014
28. Municipality of San Jose Las Flores declared the first territory free of mining in El Salvador: (Territories Free of Mining); ... and 117 of the Municipal Code of El Salvador which outline the process for community consultations to be legally binding. Under these regulations, municipalities are obliged to hold a poll on ...; Created on 24 September 2014
29. Social movements celebrate historic vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); UNHRC moves away from voluntary standards and towards a binding treaty to prevent transnationalcorporations human rights violations Twenty country members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, ...; Created on 26 June 2014
30. Pacific Rim/Oceana Gold taken to trial in Geneva for violations of human rights in El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... that demand that the United Nations implement an internationally binding mechanism to hold corporations accountable for their involvement human rights violations. “The Tribunal will examine cases that ...; Created on 25 June 2014
31. The Rights Clash: (Commerce Group); ... treaties include, which human rights treaties don’t. “We have to understand that governments sign human rights agreements due to social pressure, and they are non-binding, soft-law treaties. They sign ...; Created on 15 July 2013
32. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... they were not consulted about the project before it started operating. They are worried that a legally binding plebiscite in November 2019 that overwhelmingly rejected mining in the region is not being ...; Created on 25 September 2020

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