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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. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... is trying to cover up its dirty track record and soften up local opposition. In 2019, an open council meeting in Tocoa passed a resolution opposing mining. While the company trumpets its handouts, it has ...; Created on 23 July 2020
3. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... limited resource. By organizing family parties where politics were put aside, a handful of youth organizers found initial support. Soft-spoken mothers with children and energetic young people all joined ...; Created on 26 June 2017
4. El Salvador: Just Saying No to Gold Mining: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and land resources, such as agrobusiness, ranchers, and producers of juices and soft drinks, have largely stayed out of the debate, eliminating a potentially huge obstacle to the movement’s agenda. The ...; Created on 03 January 2016
5. The obscure legal system that lets corporations sue countries: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... dubbed the “road to riches”, when influence-peddling became an American growth industry. Parada, a soft-spoken 55-year-old from El Salvador, is one of a handful of lawyers in the world who specialise in ...; Created on 11 July 2015
6. El Salvador’s struggle against corporate impunity: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... but also some non-governmental organisations – has been to promote corporate social responsibility (CSR). This soft-law approach promotes guidelines and voluntary compacts that corporations can sign up ...; Created on 20 October 2014
7. The Rights Clash: (Commerce Group); ... treaties include, which human rights treaties don’t. “We have to understand that governments sign human rights agreements due to social pressure, and they are non-binding, soft-law treaties. They sign ...; Created on 15 July 2013
8. Mining Ambition Impedes Environmental Justice: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... that if it is not absorbed by the environment little by little it can accumulate in the soft tissues of human beings. Consequentially, it causes degeneration at the cellular level and is the root of a ...; Created on 18 July 2012
9. Webinar on Extractivism, Human Rights and ISDS: Hard Law vs Soft Law: (Mining and Human Rights); 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 El Salvador). ...; Created on 28 June 2020

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