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1. Webinar on Extractivism, Human Rights and ISDS: Hard Law vs Soft Law: (Mining and Human Rights); Terra Justa Aldo Orellana Lopez of TerraJusta joined panellists Carla García Zendejas (Center for International Environmental Law), Jen Moore (Institute for Policy Studies), and Vidalina Morales (Cripdes ...; Created on 28 June 2020
2. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... the law. Despite the president’s popularity, mostly due to his hard-line approach to gangs and crime, the Salvadoran economy is failing and the government is in desperate need to attract foreign investment. In ...; Created on 08 April 2023
3. Peru miners fall amid uncertainty over tight presidential election: (Mining and Human Rights); Minería Panamericana Peruvian mining companies were among the hardest hit in a broad wave of sales driven by the close presidential race in which Pedro Castillo (Peru Libre), the rural school teacher ...; Created on 08 June 2021
4. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... are devastating to the well-being of rural communities and Indigenous peoples, while allowing private corporations to sue governments over hard-fought social and environmental protections. Case in ...; Created on 07 June 2021
5. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... fought to protect local water resources against foreign mining companies. Broad and Cavanagh, a wife-and-husband team of development scholars who joined in the water defenders’ movement, detail the hardships, ...; Created on 23 April 2021
6. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... corporations – who are the largest source of human rights violations internationally – and not on just any kind of business. Now we have a more general treaty, which can hardly be effective given that ...; Created on 22 April 2021
7. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... violation and compliance history,’’ Tynan said. “They’re going to get an incredibly hard look by the conservation community as well as DHEC.’’ Meanwhile, a leading environmental attorney said this week ...; Created on 30 March 2021
8. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... claiming it had been deprived of its right to start a gold mine. Luis, you helped win that case for El Salvador's government. How big a surprise was that victory? Luis Parada: Well, it was a very hard ...; Created on 22 March 2021
9. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Is Investigated by U.S. Federal Prosecutors for Drug Trafficking, Corruption Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, and Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Richard Durbin (D-IL) today led ...; Created on 23 February 2021
10. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... destroy it. By employing that kind of fertilizer, the soil is ruined, it becomes hard. On the contrary, by utilizing organic compost the land is being repaired and the soil fertilized,” she said. In ...; Created on 05 January 2021
11. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... any of those mechanisms without the State’s agreement. The majority was not persuaded and held that a difference in wording between treaties could hardly prove which interpretation should be preferred, ...; Created on 19 December 2020
12. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self-Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL) Rights are earned through hard-fought struggles. And for Indigenous Peoples (IP), its fulfillment comes from the ...; Created on 17 December 2020
13. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); VICE Anya Zoledziowski In the latest allegations against Canadian mining, conservationists say new projects could destroy protected lands and further harm endangered species. A Canadian-Australian ...; Created on 17 December 2020
14. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... been felt since the mine began operations more than ten years ago. The community’s social-cooperation agreement, and its accompanying land-use agreement, were hard-won. In 2007, when the community learned ...; Created on 28 November 2020
15. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Award in 2015. Tilly Metz, a Luxemburgish member of the Greens/EFA group, described the hard times human rights activists are having in Honduras. “These are two symbolic cases showing injustice and impunity ...; Created on 29 September 2020
16. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... of the energy sector. The present and future Mexican governments will find it hard to reverse these policies without the risk of being sued at international investment tribunals. The risk of lawsuits by ...; Created on 03 May 2020
17. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); Jen Moore - Counter punch The hard work of protecting water and land from the long-term harms associated with gold and silver mining takes place daily on the frontlines of tenacious struggles throughout ...; Created on 03 May 2020
18. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... they name individuals as supporters of communist parties, “those are based on information in our possession sourced from captured documents, forensics of computers, cellular phones, external hard drives, ...; Created on 04 October 2019
19. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... and health and environment protections into law. When mining companies use ISDS, they challenge not only state sovereignty, but also the few hard-won laws and decisions that allow communities to defend ...; Created on 03 May 2019
20. More than one hundred organizations reject the unjust payment of USD $31 million to Canadian mining company Bear Creek: (Regional News); ... go to jail, my son is not a thief, he is not corrupt, he is not a murderer,” he said, lamenting the great hardships that this process has brought on his entire family. Also present was Patricio Illacutipa ...; Created on 16 September 2018

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