... undermine local democracy,” said Pedro Cabezas coordinator of the International Allies against Metal Mining – the coalition of NGOs that is spearheading the letter campaign. “It’s time for the World Bank ...
... to international civil society organizations. A new study debunks eight falsehoods the company has used to try to justify mining in El Salvador and undermine public debate and policymaking.
Canadian-Australian ...
... to develop an electoral dimension, it began to undermine the stability of power relations on which largescale trafficking and money-laundering depend. Insight Crime, the Washington and Medellin-based institute ...
... and to take measures to avoid further environmental degradation by extractive industries which have the potential to undermine human rights.
"The threat of extractive industries to our water resources ...
... are asking World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim to initiate an evaluation of ICSID’s role and determine whether the Tribunal's support for corporations undermines national laws and regulations, and it ...
... - state arbitration process to undermine the public interest laws and regulatory structures in countries of the Global South.
We stand with the people of El Salvador in their demand that their domestic ...
... activity provides enormous benefits to large foreign corporations while it undermines the states’ ability to implement policies based on public interest and leaves a trail of environmental destruction ...
... trade agreements can be used by corporations to undermine the interests of citizens.
OceanaGold has a history of human rights violations in the Philippines where it operates the Didipio mine. La ...
... to undermine the Salvadoran government’s right to practice economic policy based on public interest. Pacific Rim's announcement also demonstrates its contempt for the will of the Salvadoran population that ...
... of the metropolitan area of San Salvador. Negative impact on these water systems from a metal extraction process could result a real economic crisis and undermine the enjoyment of fundamental rights of ...
... Rim Mining Case to Proceed Under El Salvador Foreign Investment Law
IPS Press Room: World Bank Tribunal Ruling in El Salvador Mining Case Undermines Democracy
Rabble.ca: Pacific Rim Mining Lawsuit ...
... of domestic court systems are being undermined by unaccountable foreign tribunals, adversely affecting poor communities as well as national development goals.
These types of cases are especially important ...
... ability for mining affected communities and their allies to present evidence of the harm done by corporations using the investor - state arbitration process to undermine the public interest laws and regulatory ...
... in what Harvey (2005) considers as “accumulation by dispossession”, to the detriment of communities and local ecosystems. In the words of Moran (2015), water is being “undermined” in the sense of making ...