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21. Setting the Record Straight: Debunking Ten Common Defenses of Controversial Investor-State Corporate Privileges: (ISDS); Public Citizen In order to counter the increased critiques of the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has declared that many of the claims are ...; Created on 30 April 2016
22. Case Studies: Investor-State Attacks on Public Interest Policies: (ISDS); Public Citizen The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system shifts the power between the government and corporations, prioritizing corporate rights. Foreign corporations have used ISDS to attack ...; Created on 30 April 2016
23. Myths and Omissions: Unpacking Obama Administration Defenses of Investor-State Corporate Privileges: (General mining reports ); Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Investor-state dispute settlement system empowers foreign corporations to bypass domestic courts, challenge government’s public interest policies before extrajudicial ...; Created on 30 April 2016
24. Bringing Community perspectives to investor-state arbitration: the Pac Rim case: (ISDS); Orellana et al., 2015 There is an ongoing democratic debate in El Salvador in relation to metals mining and sustainable development. This is a description of the Pacific Rim case and the role of anti-mining ...; Created on 30 April 2016
25. Statement in support of El Salvador from Amianan Salakniban in the Philippines (2): (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of the environment more than 90 percent of their water sources are contaminated. El Salvador’s defense states that OceanaGold did not comply with the basic requirements for any gold-mining permits. In ...; Created on 28 October 2015
26. International observer delegation statement: Community consultation on Mining in San Jose Las Flores, Chalatenango, El Salvador.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); September 22, 2014, San Jose las Flores -Chalatenango We, the International Observer Delegation, comprising of 15 representatives from North, Central, South America and New Zealand, acknowledge the ...; Created on 23 September 2014
27. Solidarity Statement from Philippine Groups on El Salvador vs Oceana Gold/Pacific Rim: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); Dismantle Corporate Power and End Impunity Philippine groups express solidarity to people of El Salvador in fight against mining giant Oceana Gold/Pacific Rim Mining Corporation Alyansa Tigil Mina ...; Created on 11 September 2014
28. STATEMENT ON THE INCURSION OF THE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA: (Media Releases); The organizations below met at the regional meeting: "Experiences and perspectives of social movements against mining metals " held in Managua, Nicaragua. We work in defence of life and the integrity ...; Created on 18 December 2013
29. Recent Statements Cause Alarm for the Anti-Mining Movement: (Mining and Human Rights); Recent Statements Cause Alarm for the Anti-Mining Movement After months of waiting for the Salvadoran central government to release its mining sector Strategic Environmental Assessment, the Vice-Minister ...; Created on 24 May 2012
30. Multiple Countries Rejecting Investor State Dispute Settlement: (FTAs & ISDS); Multiple Countries Rejecting Investor State Dispute Settlement By Janet M Eaton, Phd. April 12th, 2012 There appears to be a growing awareness that NAFTA-style foreign investor privileges and ...; Created on 10 May 2012
31. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... workshop, or movie night). Lobby lawmakers in your country to make a statement in support of the Santa Marta 5 defenders. Donate or help fundraise for the legal defense fund for the Santa ...; Created on 08 April 2023
32. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... statement calling on the Salvadoran government to drop the charges against the five water defenders or, at the very least, release them from prison to await their trial. Currently, they are being held ...; Created on 06 April 2023
33. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... In a statement, the Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) said the government’s decision to arrest the five men while blocking justice in high-profile cases like the El Mozote massacre ...; Created on 04 April 2023
34. Is El Salvador preparing to reverse its landmark mining ban?: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... think tank that also advocated for the mining ban, said in a statement. Vidalina Morales, president of ADES, speaking at an event calling for the release of the five arrested activists. (Photo courtesy ...; Created on 03 April 2023
35. 250+ Groups Call On El Salvador to Drop Charges Against Water Defenders: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... joint statement highlights that "thanks in part to its ill-advised embrace of Bitcoin, the Salvadoran government is under enormous pressure to find new revenues" and is reportedly considering reversing ...; Created on 20 January 2023
36. Santa Marta Community Leaders Are Persecuted in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... offices in the municipality of Guacotecti, according to a statement published by the Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL). These community leaders were arrested by means of a judicial ...; Created on 19 January 2023
37. URGENT COMMUNIQUE: To the people of Asuncion Mita, the national and international community: (Cerro Blanco); ... the Municipal Consultation on Mining petitioned by citizens of our municipality, are facing the undemocratic backlash of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) through a statement dated September 19, where ...; Created on 23 September 2022
38. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... The company has publicly stated that there is local support for the project and that any opposition comes from external sources.” But last May, local organizations collected more than 4,000 signatures ...; Created on 22 September 2022
39. PRESS RELEASE: The municipal consultation on Cerro Blanco mine is valid and legitimate: (Cerro Blanco); ... government to promote extractive industries, even if this is against the will and welfare of the people. We demand from the Republic of El Salvador states its position on the cross-border mining issue ...; Created on 21 September 2022
40. Central American mayors reject mining exploitation that affects strategic river: (Cerro Blanco); ... place in Guatemala, and in particular in the Cerro Blanco mine, located in the (Guatemalan) municipality of Asunción Mita," the mayors expressed in a statement. Grouped in the Río Lempa Trinational Association, ...; Created on 12 June 2022

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