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21. Imai v. Canada: Access-to-information lawsuit concerning Canada’s intervention in human rights case against Goldcorp in Guatemala: (Mining and Human Rights); CNCA On March 2, 2021, the Federal Court of Canada will hear arguments in a lawsuit that seeks information about the Canadian government’s response to a human rights case concerning a Canadian-owned ...; Created on 11 May 2021
22. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... mining projects. Canadian firms dominate mining in Guatemala as well. Last month, a Canadian legal academic brought a case before Canada’s Federal Court, alleging that the minister of foreign affairs ...; Created on 07 May 2021
23. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... governments of developing countries. Other international trade tribunals don’t do much better, according to a 2016 BuzzFeed investigation of investor-state dispute settlement, a secretive court system ...; Created on 23 April 2021
24. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... (e.g. for renewables infrastructure) – although without changing its damaging practices on the ground. While extensive documentation exists, along with complaints in national courts and international ...; Created on 22 April 2021
25. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... on Human Rights 2011 report found that OceanaGold had violated human rights by illegally demolishing at least 187 houses in Didipio, without a court order and without relocating those without shelter. ...; Created on 22 April 2021
26. Urgent Action: Immediately release Guapinol defenders in high risk: (Mining and Human Rights); ... - Mauricio Oliva, President of the Congress of the Republic secretariacnhn@gmail.com - Rolando Argueta, President of the Supreme Court of Justice arguetarolando1@yahoo.com presidencia@poderjudicial.gob.hn ...; Created on 14 March 2021
27. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case: (Mining and Human Rights); ... District Court for the Southern District of New York, in which federal prosecutors allege that he has repeatedly used public office to protect and facilitate drug trafficking. The Government of Honduras ...; Created on 23 February 2021
28. The trial for Guapinol water defender Jeremías Martínez begins today in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: (Mining and Human Rights); ... 8, 2018, for defending the Guapinol and San Pedro rivers in Honduras.” His trial, which is taking place in Chamber 1 of the Court of Judgment in Tegucigalpa, is expected to conclude on Thursday February ...; Created on 22 February 2021
29. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in the Próspera Charter. PZ's adjudicative system is designed to integrate common law as an alternative to the country’s civil legal system. It is made up of the Próspera Court and the Próspera Arbitration ...; Created on 15 February 2021
30. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... operated by Bear Creek Mining, a Canadian company. The Peruvian government eventually cancelled the mining concession, but Aduviri was hounded for years by court cases brought against him by public prosecutors ...; Created on 21 January 2021
31. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... debt instruments by Mexican courts, the alleged taking of certain tourism facilities in Tulum and a dispute relating to the treatment of a satellite services provider Additionally, Mexico risks facing ...; Created on 21 January 2021
32. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... tactics—not only defeating them in court at the World Bank but producing a nationwide ban on all mining.” —Dana Frank, research professor and professor of history emerita at the University of California, ...; Created on 14 January 2021
33. Vizcaya gov still opposes Didipio: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... to halt its operation back in October. Padilla also issued a cease and desist order against the company in June 2019. OGPI refused to acknowledge the order and filed a petition before the local court to ...; Created on 08 January 2021
34. 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
35. Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom: (Regional News); ... This Saturday, the judge Zoe Guifarro, of the Sectional Court of First Instance in Tocoa, department of Colón, ruled out the review of the measures requested by the legal representatives of the defenders. ...; Created on 28 December 2020
36. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... court also appointed by the States. As pointed out by our authors, Danny Davila II and Nicolas Borda, removing party-appointed arbitrators is a stark change from typical ISDS clauses and will test the ...; Created on 19 December 2020
37. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... OceanaGold and New Zealand’s finance minister to the country’s High Court to stop the development of the new tailings pond. The group argued the company was allowed to acquire land near Waihi after the ...; Created on 17 December 2020
38. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... councils. The Community Association of Santa Eduviges (ACSE) in Soyapango requested that the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) issue special protective measures in response to efforts to steal the community’s ...; Created on 01 December 2020
39. Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: (ISDS); ... to the El Tambor gold mine. When unwavering community resistance again forced a halt in operations, the company filed a claim in Guatemalan courts complaining the government had failed to protect its investments. ...; Created on 21 October 2020
40. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... construction began even as communities filed legal complaints, held protests and pleaded with officials to protect the rivers, records show. The Guapinol anti-mining protest camp. Photograph: Courtesy ...; Created on 07 October 2020

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