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1. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders
(Mining and Human Rights)
... including those set forth in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Therefore, the State must immediately adopt the measures made by the Working Group. The release of the eight human ...
Created on 11 May 2021
2. Ottawa must disclose how it aided Goldcorp in human rights dispute, Federal Court will hear
(Mining and Human Rights)
CNCA Today the Federal Court of Canada hears a case alleging that the Canadian government is improperly withholding information about its diplomatic interventions on behalf of a Canadian company accused ...
Created on 02 March 2021
3. Governor Aduviri must remain in jail
(Regional News)
... another group waited outside the court decision.  After confirming the sentence, the judges also stated that Aduviri must pay the sum of 2 million soles as civil reparation in favor of the Peruvian State. ...
Created on 26 December 2019
4. In El Salvador, OceanaGold Must ‘Pay Up and Pack Up’
(Pacific Rim/OceanaGold)
... Rim Mining never met the legal requirements under El Salvador’s mining law to obtain a permit to exploit gold and must pay the Central American country US$8 million towards its legal costs. Vancouver-based ...
Created on 03 March 2017
5. Free Trade Agreement with the European Union must be declared unconstitutional
(Media Releases)
The National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining submitted a letter to the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of El Salvador to ask that the Free Trade Agreement with US, Central America and the ...
Created on 09 July 2013
6. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... toxic chemicals into local rivers. Prioritizing clean drinking water was a must as climate change worsened droughts in the region. But the government today appears to be on the verge of turning back ...
Created on 03 April 2023
7. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation
(Cerro Blanco)
... local municipal council is obliged to put a process in place to consult the population. At least 20% of the registered voters must participate in the referendum for it to be binding.              From ...
Created on 22 September 2022
8. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...
(Cerro Blanco)
... peace and coexistence among the three countries. 5. That the shared use of the Lempa river basin must be done in a responsible manner, ensuring that its use, exploitation, conservation, management and ...
Created on 12 June 2022
9. MIRIAN MIRANDA: There is a genocidal plan against the Garífuna people
(Regional News)
... things change. It is necessary to connect the extractivist industries with all that is happening (with the climate); it must be connected to a model that is not working, that is putting humanity at risk ...
Created on 25 December 2021
10. The law on the right to water reaches Parliament, "people's lives are at stake" warns Cardinal Rosa Chav
(Water Crisis El Salvador)
... must continue, because people's lives are at stake", said the Cardinal, who underlined: "we cannot leave this issue in chaos". The constitutional ratification of a reform that recognizes access to water ...
Created on 15 June 2021
11. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People
(Mining and Human Rights)
... 2015 that suspended the mine for lack of prior consultation with local communities. While the seizure order is lifted, the mine must remain closed until a consultation process takes place. The Peaceful ...
Created on 07 June 2021
12. Mining is not ‘recovery’
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... policy will hasten not our recovery, but our environment’s destruction. Hence, it is one that the Filipino citizenry must forcefully reject, before it is too late. * * * Efenita Taqueban is an anthropologist, ...
Created on 02 June 2021
13. PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya as court ruling gives mining company access to the site
(La Puya International Support Letter)
... Derivada [El Tambor] mine, they have not yet received the execution, so the preparatory process cannot begin. This ruling is not yet final because the Constitutional Court must resolve extensions that ...
Created on 22 May 2021
14. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits
(OceanaGold Philippines)
... in the province, some of them within key biodiversity areas and protected areas. “The DENR and the PCSD [Palawan Council for Sustainable Development] must be reminded that under the Strategic Environmental ...
Created on 15 April 2021
15. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining
(Mining prohibition El Salvador)
... research.” Perhaps Broad and Cavanagh just want to sound pithy, or wink at their academic and urban English-language readers, but the logic here is insidious: True knowledge must be certified, or in ...
Created on 11 April 2021
16. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger
(OceanaGold)
... to post another $10 million in cash for the expansion. By law, many companies with the potential to hurt the environment must assure money is available for a cleanup one day. Many rely on insurance policies, ...
Created on 30 March 2021
17. US Senators introduce bill to tackle corruption & rights violations in Honduras - cite Guapinol case
(Mining and Human Rights)
... carried out by the Hernández government against the people of Honduras. The Honduran government must protect its own people, uphold human rights, and commit to adherence to the rule of law,” said Markey. ...
Created on 23 February 2021
18. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward
(Mining and Human Rights)
... to the most recent publicly available information, its members include nine U.S. citizens and only four Hondurans. The CAMP must approve the ZEDE’s choice of Technical Secretary as well as the zone’s internal ...
Created on 15 February 2021
19. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South
(Mining and Human Rights)
... movement in Canada must also start to look more critically at issues of resource extraction, and pressure our political leaders to take the steps toward a more sustainable and equitable role in the world ...
Created on 21 January 2021
20. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020
(ISDS)
... the protection of an investment treaty, an "investor" must establish that it has an "investment" in the host state pursuant to the definitions in the relevant investment treaty. Not every government action ...
Created on 06 January 2021
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