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21. 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
22. Sanches Ceren will prevent mining in the Trifinio región.: (Cerro Blanco); ... that the Trifinio treaty does not ban mining in the area, Sanchez Ceren, the FMLNs presidential candidate, said that "the treaty establishes that any decision -that will affect the reserve- has to be agreed ...; Created on 04 March 2014
23. El Salvador, violence and impunity: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in Costa Rica; in October 2012 Toronto-based Infinito Gold announced that it would sue Costa Rica at ICSID for over $1bn under the Canada-Costa Rica Bilateral Investment Treaty, after the country’s Supreme ...; Created on 13 February 2014
24. National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining on the temporary suspension the Cerro Blanco mining project: (Media Releases); ... resulting from the mine would violate the constitution of each of the countries and also international agreements such as the Trifinio Plan Treaty, signed by El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras; the UN ...; Created on 04 August 2013
25. Reform to article 15 of the Invesment Law: Assertive legislative action: (FTAs & ISDS); ... extract mineral from the subsoil. The above mentioned amendment to the Investment Law may be considered a positive step, albeit and insufficient one if there still exist commercial treaty provisions ...; Created on 22 July 2013
26. Consensus reached to reform dispute resolutions under Investment Law: (FTAs & ISDS); ... reforming Article 15 and including an aspect relating to the settlement of disputes which provide that any controversy that is not under a treaty or agreement will be adjudicated through local legislation." ...; Created on 09 July 2013
27. Free Trade Agreement with the European Union must be declared unconstitutional: (Media Releases); ... be adding insult to injury as this treaty contains similar clauses that allow for the violations of constitutional rights as CAFTA-DR does. In that regards, memebrs of La Mesa also requested the chamber ...; Created on 09 July 2013
28. Chalk Up Another Victory for "Free Trade": Mining Companies Sue El Salvado: (2013 Fact Finding Mission); ... that the 1825 Anglo-Argentine Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation guaranteed Argentina would serve as a market for British industrial goods, while exporting meats and grains—its “comparative ...; Created on 08 July 2013
29. Congressional Briefing: Do Trade Agreement International Investor Protections Imperil Local Communities and the Environment?: (Background and reports ); ... suit under the U.S-Ecuador Bilateral Investment Treaty to try to evade complying with judgments made and confirmed in U.S. and Ecuador courts. Even before it decided it had jurisdiction, a tribunal issued ...; Created on 04 April 2012
30. The Perils of Free Trade in the Americas: (FTAs & ISDS); ... was signed into law on August 2, 2005. El Salvador became the first of the Central American nations to implement DR-CAFTA after the treaty took effect in the country on March 1, 2006…. For the complete ...; Created on 29 February 2012

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