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1. Anglo American files lawsuit against Colombia: (ISDS); Minería Panamericana Anglo American mining company has filed a lawsuit against a ban preventing Colombian coal miner Cerrejón from developing its La Puente project. The latest lawsuit comes after Cerrejón ...; Created on 08 June 2021
2. 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
3. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... scrambled to lessen the pain of a deep economic crisis on average citizens, the last thing they needed was a barrage of corporate lawsuits. But that’s what they got. CMS Gas, for example, sued Argentina ...; Created on 23 July 2020
4. Salvadoran Civil Society Confronts World Bank on Pending Lawsuit on Mining: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); By Marina Bonetti Communities and organizations gathered in front of the World Bank in San Salvador to demand a fair verdict on the lawsuit of Pacific Rim vs El Salvador. After days of uninterrupted ...; Created on 27 October 2015
5. The lawsuit that could put El Salvador in check: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); By: Alejandra Martins - BBC Mundo / Translation: Marina Bonetti and Sigrun Pallesen In an office in Washington, three arbitrators are about to decide on the lawsuit filed by the multinational mining ...; Created on 30 September 2015
6. 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
7. Protest: World Bank’s ICSID Hearing Lawsuit Against El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... and Oceania. and what is wrong with “investor-state dispute settlement” mechanisms in such agreements. Let’s put an end to these egregious/capricious lawsuits that are increasingly biased in favor of corporate ...; Created on 04 September 2014
8. Salvadoran Mining Fights Spark International Lawsuits: (FTAs & ISDS); Salvadoran Mining Fights Spark International Lawsuits By Roger Bybee Friday April 13, 2012 1:20 PM Activists struggle against free-trade provisions, as USW challenges mining industry goals Despite ...; Created on 27 April 2012
9. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and anti-mining locals affected by the unsustainable and often criminal actions of extractive companies. That year, the Canadian mining company OceanaGold had lost a lawsuit against the Salvadoran state, ...; Created on 06 April 2023
10. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Specifically, the water defenders were concerned about mining around the Lempa River Basin, which is one of the principal water sources in the country. It would take more than a decade and several lawsuits ...; Created on 03 April 2023
11. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... or lacking in evidence. Violent eviction of the Peaceful Resistance La Puya, May 23, 2014. Photo: James Rodríguez, MiMundo.org A World Bank investment tribunal will rule on the KCA lawsuit against ...; Created on 07 June 2021
12. Scientists, fishers say new mining deals to cause more damage than good: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... threats and intimidation, illegal arrests, harassment lawsuits, and forced displacement. For instance, in April last year, the Philippine police nabbed Roland Pulido, chairman of Didipio Earth Saver’s ...; Created on 24 May 2021
13. Human Rights Advocates and Legal Experts Deliver Blueprint for New International Corporate Accountability Law in Canada: (Mining and Human Rights); ... to do its human rights and environmental due diligence, those affected would have the statutory right to bring a civil lawsuit against that company in Canadian court. “Canadian businesses that are already ...; Created on 21 May 2021
14. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... precedent-setting lawsuit. The files paint a picture of overbearing corporate influence, political interference, and widespread intimidation and abuse. In Brazil, Toronto-based Belo Sun Mining is moving ...; Created on 07 May 2021
15. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... environment when the system is stacked against them? When El Salvador’s government imposed a de facto moratorium on new mining licenses, Pacific Rim filed a lawsuit in 2009 with the World Bank’s International ...; Created on 23 April 2021
16. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... with metals in their blood in Peru; and outsourcing, child and labor, and a million-dollar lawsuit under an Investor-State Dispute Arbitration (ISDS) case in Bolivia. Glencore is one of the world’s largest ...; Created on 22 April 2021
17. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the almost-seven-year-long Pac Rim lawsuit against El Salvador at the ICSID. Pac Rim sued the Salvadoran government for not issuing them a mining permit. It took the ICSID six years and 10 months—and cost ...; Created on 11 April 2021
18. What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to defeat a lawsuit by OceanaGold, a multinational firm that argued the Salvadoran government did not have the right to prohibit mining. How Salvadorans achieved such major wins against enormous odds ...; Created on 05 April 2021
19. WATER IS LIFE. CAN WE PROTECT IT?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... lobbyists. Beyond offering these few carrots, they also carried a large stick. When the Salvadoran government paused new mining licenses to study the issue, the mining companies filed lawsuits against ...; Created on 28 March 2021
20. An unlikely eco-alliance in postwar El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Marco Werman spoke with attorney Luis Parada, who led El Salvador’s defense team in a mining lawsuit at the World Bank, and Robin Broad, a co-author of the book, "The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People ...; Created on 22 March 2021

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