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1. Tens of Thousands Call On OceanaGold to Drop its Suit Against El Salvador as Secret Hearings Begin at World Bank Tribunal: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); (Ottawa) Nearly 150,000 people have already signed an online petition directed at the Australian-Canadian firm OceanaGold urging it to drop its suit against El Salvador. Secret hearings will begin on ...; Created on 10 September 2014
2. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... hearings, complete with an inflatable, cigar-toting fat cat. Each of the water defenders’ key strategies—their positively framed message, their outreach to unexpected allies, and their development of ...; Created on 23 April 2021
3. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... The railroading of public hearings for the Teesta dam, a China-funded hydropower project approximately worth $1 billion, poses threats to the earthquake-prone environment and customary rights of Lepcha ...; Created on 17 December 2020
4. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... detention review hearings, the men continue to be detained. Two weeks ago the Appeals Court finally released its ruling on the men’s appeal, five months late, and the results are devastating. Not only ...; Created on 01 September 2020
5. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... to the detriment of Santos Corea. In relation to hearings that took place in March 2019 of a separate group of water defenders, the Appeals Court revoked the definitive dismissal of the case that had been ...; Created on 18 August 2020
6. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Goodman. We turn now to Honduras, where preliminary hearings are set to begin today for one of the men accused of murdering the indigenous environmental activist Berta Cáceres, who was shot dead in her ...; Created on 17 August 2020
7. More than one hundred organizations reject the unjust payment of USD $31 million to Canadian mining company Bear Creek: (Regional News); ... company demands compensation, but the people who have been criminalised and who have been prosecuted … there is no compensation for them. Seven years of attending hearings, of emotional and reputational ...; Created on 16 September 2018
8. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... in cases of social protest." After various hearings, of the 100 people investigated ten would go on to face trial. Nine of the defendants were acquitted in July last year due to ‘insufficient evidence’. ...; Created on 28 August 2018
9. PRESS RELEASE: Release the Verdict Now!: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... years since the law suit against El Salvador was brought to ICSID and more than two years since the ICSID tribunal held hearings on the merits where both sides presented final arguments to the arbitrating ...; Created on 06 October 2016
10. Yes to life, no to mining! – Report Back Delegation to El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of Investment Disputes of the World Bank for 301 million dollars on damages and compensation for lost profits. Even though the final hearings took place last year, the tribunal still has not issued a verdict. ...; Created on 03 February 2016
11. Salvadoran Civil Society Confronts World Bank on Pending Lawsuit on Mining: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... OceanaGold sued the Central American country for $301 million dollars, the sum amounts to half of the national education budget for a year. The final hearings on the case took place in September 2014, ...; Created on 27 October 2015
12. OceanaGold vs El Salvador: Foreshadowing 'Trade' Under the TPP: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... protections,” the TPP and TTIP will pave the way for many more instances of investor-state settlements that allow companies to sue governments for billions through highly secretive hearings and supra-national ...; Created on 11 July 2015
13. Media coverage of the International Month of Action: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... arbitration panel here began final hearings Monday in a contentious and long-running dispute between an international mining company and the government of El Salvador. Reuters: Protesters back El Salvador ...; Created on 29 September 2014
14. News Summary international campaign against OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Inter Press Services: World Bank Tribunal Weighs Final Arguments in El Salvador Mining Dispute WASHINGTON, Sep 16 2014 (IPS) - A multilateral arbitration panel here began final hearings Monday in ...; Created on 25 September 2014
15. Final round for PacRim and El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Luis Parada from Foley Hoag law firm. During last week’s hearings, much of which was attended by the Salvadoran attorney general, Luis Martinez, El Salvador presented five experts: José Alberto Tinetti, ...; Created on 23 September 2014
16. World Bank Tribunal Weighs Final Arguments in El Salvador Mining Dispute: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON, Sep 16 2014 (IPS) - A multilateral arbitration panel here began final hearings Monday in a contentious and long-running dispute between an international mining company and ...; Created on 17 September 2014
17. World Bank Tribunal Weighs Final Arguments in El Salvador Mining Dispute: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON, Sep 16 2014 (IPS) - A multilateral arbitration panel here began final hearings Monday in a contentious and long-running dispute between an international mining company and ...; Created on 17 September 2014
18. OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD BANK IN DEFENSE OF EL SALVADOR: (2013 North America Tour); ... to undertake this review through an open process with public hearings and the ability for mining affected communities and their allies to present evidence of the harm done by corporations using the investor ...; Created on 11 December 2013
19. El Salvador loses on three out of four counts, as anti-environment and anti-development case launched under CAFTA drags on: (FTAs & ISDS); ... arguments in last Friday’s Pac Rim Cayman LLC v. El Salvador jurisdictional ruling. Even though it narrowly won dismissal of its CAFTA case, the underlying claims will proceed at World Bank-based hearings ...; Created on 05 July 2012
20. The ICSID Rules the Pacific Rim Case will Continue: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Article 15 of Salvadoran Investment Law states that companies can sue the Salvadoran government through ICSID. Therefore, the case will proceed to a third round of hearings. As one source analyzing ...; Created on 03 June 2012

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