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1. 5 reasons to oppose OceanaGold’s lawsuit against El Salvador
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
Statement from the Canadian Labour Congress - CLC on the Pacific Rim/OceanaGold law suit against El Salvador.  Friday, June 26, 2015 Given our shared struggle for human rights and corporate accountability, ...
Created on 11 July 2015
2. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities
(Mining and Human Rights)
... said Claver. The act “opens up the whole Philippines mining industry to the fullest level of control by investing foreign companies.” “The belly of the beast” There are some glaring reasons why so many ...
Created on 12 May 2021
3. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders
(Mining and Human Rights)
... objectivity and independence, and under all the criteria studied, it found that the detention of the eight environmental defenders is arbitrary for three reasons: 1. First, because there is no legal ...
Created on 11 May 2021
4. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward
(Mining and Human Rights)
... adjudicative system for several reasons. First, information regarding the PZ’s legal and adjudication system is neither clear nor easily accessible to the public. Adopting a new legal system might exclude ...
Created on 15 February 2021
5. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020
(ISDS)
... domestic legal system may not provide an adequate remedy. For example, an investor may not wish to settle disputes before a host state's domestic courts for reasons of (i) fear of bias; or (ii) unfamiliarity ...
Created on 06 January 2021
6. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands
(Regional News)
... recognized as a human right in El Salvador, and the country is at risk of drought. Although lack of water regulation and climate change are two of the reasons for El Salvador's overall water deficit, in ...
Created on 11 September 2020
7. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders
(Mining and Human Rights)
... or say, “This person was the one who committed the crime,” or “This person was the one who did it,” but the intellectual authors will remain with impunity. And this is one of the reasons why I feel like ...
Created on 17 August 2020
8. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America
(Regional News)
... in the country and is now seen as an enemy of the current government. Pedro Landa himself has suffered harassment and threats for his activism around mining and protecting the environment. "For two reasons, ...
Created on 09 August 2020
9. In El Estor: a chain of breaches and contempt by CGN-PRONICO puts the lives of human rights defenders at risk
(Regional News)
... granted legal protection to the fishermen and ordered the suspension of mining activities. The owners of CGN-PRONICO, a Russian-owned company based for tax reasons in the Swiss city of Zur, ignored the ...
Created on 12 June 2020
10. Ostúa River contaminated with lead and arsenic from Cerro Blanco mine
(Cerro Blanco)
... improvement of gold prizes in the international market. Still, these reasons raised several doubts among the Guatemalan population. Guatemalan environmentalists believe that the closure of the Cerro ...
Created on 21 April 2020
11. Over two hundred organizations denounce multimillion-dollar suit brought by U.S. mining firm against Guatemala
(Media Releases)
... similar reasons in the past,” stated Carla García Zendejas from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL).   In March of this year, the peaceful resistance ‘La Puya’ celebrated the seventh ...
Created on 04 May 2019
12. Duterte's new warning to mining companie
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... one of the many reasons why the Philippine government should tell OceanaGold to pack up and pay for the damages it has caused. In the words of President Duterte, "…consider your permit revoked." – Rappler.com ...
Created on 08 May 2018
13. A Binding Treaty about corporations can be an instrument to guarantee the respect of our rights and territories
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... he joined the long effort that was carried out 12 years El Salvador to resist the mining industry. These are the real reasons that should inspire all Christians, to make a commitment with the poorest and ...
Created on 14 November 2017
14. Anti mining organizations ask for the approval of the General Water Law
(Sample Data-Articles)
... the following reasons: we do not know who has made it, it is signed by an entity that does not have a public face, and that makes us think that behind them is the private sector attempting to privatize ...
Created on 21 July 2017
15. PRESS RELEASE: To the national and international public opinion
(Media Releases)
... and private users, with equal terms for all users and charging equal fees or fees for the use of water to all users regardless of whether for domestic or commercial consumption.   For these reasons, as ...
Created on 21 July 2017
16. Community of San Sebastian still endures Commerce Group’s legacy of contamination.
(Commerce Group)
... also lamented the lack of jobs, which is one of the primary reasons artisanal miners, known as güiriseros, continue to work in the mountain and use dangerous chemicals without any form of government regulation. ...
Created on 13 February 2017
17. Fifth referendum on mining is called in Cinquera, Cabañas
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... located in a mountain region with a rich biological diversity and a history of organized resistance that developed during the armed conflict in the 80s. Strong reasons for communities, local government ...
Created on 03 January 2017
18. The lawsuit that could put El Salvador in check
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... arbitrary reasons” the lawyer tells us. “But in the end, Pacific Rim/OceanaGold, has maintained that it has the automatic right to the concession even if they did not comply with the legal requisites, ...
Created on 30 September 2015
19. WILL EL SALVADOR BE FORCED TO PAY $301 MILLION FOR VALUING CLEAN WATER OVER GOLD?
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... does not have the right conditions for this industry,” she explained. In 2011, a Strategic Environmental Assessment concluded that mining was not feasible in El Salvador for four reasons: 95 per cent ...
Created on 18 April 2015
20. Murdered environmental activists remembered
(Mining and Human Rights)
... has established for security reasons in a town away from his community.   When he travels back to his community of La Maraña he needs to ensure that is safe to do so because supporters of the mining ...
Created on 30 December 2014
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