... of the global mining industry headquartered in Canada, the occupation of Canadian mining corporations has been felt across the Philippines.
While resource extraction has benefited elites, very few economic ...
... integrity of a court-ordered consultation process and put their security at risk.
Pan American Silver’s Escobal mine has been suspended since June 2017, first as a result of direct community action and ...
... investigation" into this arbitrariness and to take action against those responsible for it. In addition, the Group asked the State of Honduras to disseminate this opinion "by all available means and as ...
... A UN working group recently ruled that the the detention of the eight defenders is arbitrary. The defenders have since launched legal action, and Blanca Izaguirre, the country’s human rights ombudsperson ...
... interests in South America include the mining of coal in Colombia and new international actions about this; high levels of conflict at Glencore operations; repression, human rights violations and children ...
... the land,” Morrison said.
“When OceanaGold’s FTAA expired in June 2019, community groups and local and provincial governments took action, including a legally sanctioned barricade, forcing OceanaGold ...
... the Salvadoran government nearly $13 million in legal fees and expenses—to rule against the mine. The ICSID based its ruling on the very legal issue that Barrera had pointed out during a National Action ...
... in cash, instead of $5 million as initially proposed by the state. The Sierra Club’s action followed a series by The State on the environmental impacts of gold-mining in Montana and South Carolina.
Chris ...
... several civil society organizations. It asks the court to order Global Affairs Canada to remove the redactions on 20 pages of documents the department disclosed in response to an access-to-information ...
... to flee their communities in search of safety. We need a comprehensive plan of action, including sanctions, and halting the provision of U.S. security assistance and defense equipment to the Honduran police ...
... ventures, including urban development and resource extraction.
Government promises of fantastical new city projects that would build a “Honduran Hong Kong” appeared to be smoke and mirrors, as behind ...
... most recent enforcement action, the Haile Gold Mine and a contract laboratory have been fined nearly $128,000 for violating environmental rules in recent months.
In September, DHEC announced it had fined ...
... resource extraction system that devastates environments and communities in the Global South and suppresses popular resistance through violence and coercion.
Canadian Mining Operations In Peru Canadian ...
... May 22, 2020)
2. COVID-19-Related Claims Given the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and the drastic measures that have ensued, there are fears that the actions taken by states to control the spread of ...
... that ravaged their community and polluted their water is one of the most inspiring I have read in many years. A blueprint for further global action and a lesson about how to enlist an array of unlikely ...
... the local governments from the barangay to the province, put barricades up in July 2019 to prevent the company from operating after its FTAA expired. The action was instrumental in forcing the company ...
... 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 ...
... minerals.
Article 2 of the Law prohibiting metallic mining established that the Salvadoran State should carry out actions of support, advice, technical and financial assistance for those who engaged ...
... Canada Agreement (USMCA) signed over a year ago, as well as numerous cases and actions still arising from the Odebrecht scandal that became public back in 2016, to the conclusion of treaties departing ...
... New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern don’t follow it up with meaningful action, often supporting practices that threaten the environment, worsen climate change, and make environmental rehabilitation ...