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21. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... declared Edy Tábora, a lawyer on the legal defence team. “This case is not only about Guapinol. The case is emblematic of all of those that fight for their rights against extractive projects in their ...; Created on 01 September 2020
22. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... leniency of the Guatemalan state toward extractive industries. This, coupled with rampant government corruption and privileged connections allowed KCA to meet its objectives: consolidate the mining project ...; Created on 24 August 2020
23. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... extractive companies; that, together with local capitals, operate within regulatory frameworks favorable to their interests to the detriment of the common good, to the detriment of the sustainable development ...; Created on 20 August 2020
24. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... case is emblematic for all those who are fighting to guarantee their rights against extractive projects in their territories". For the eight defenders already in pretrial detention, Magistrates María Luisa ...; Created on 18 August 2020
25. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... and other extractive projects, who have faced particularly intense forms of harassment and repression from police and military, exacerbating territorial conflicts. Meanwhile, human rights and environmental ...; Created on 23 July 2020
26. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... to disputes over oil, gas and mining contracts. Extractive industries like mining make up a large share of total claims, often provoked by governments attempting to prevent environmental or public health ...; Created on 23 July 2020
27. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of a government that facilitates the implementation of extractive activities under the argument of economic recovery. Our questions have to do with responsibility and respect for the region’s water sources ...; Created on 22 July 2020
28. Environmentalists commemorate the 11th anniversary of the murder of Marcelo Rivera: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... as you know even in the Philippines they are nourished by you and by that collective voice initiated by Marcelo. As you know, there are dozens of demands at ICSID on countries by extractive companies, ...; Created on 15 July 2020
29. Webinar on Extractivism, Human Rights and ISDS: Hard Law vs Soft Law: (Mining and Human Rights); ... El Salvador). With reference to particular examples in Latin America they discussed arbitration suits (Investor State Dispute Settlement) which have been brought by extractive industries in relation to ...; Created on 28 June 2020
30. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... oil, gas and mining companies is very real since a significant proportion of the international investment arbitration cases stems from the extractives sector. The passage of NAFTA 2.0 is very concerning ...; Created on 03 May 2020
31. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... established in the 1990s, by intensifying investment in extractive industries by national elites and transnational corporations. These industries have established their operations without adequate consultation ...; Created on 20 April 2020
32. Water, transparency and mining concerns in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). We were among the first countries to meet the requirements of the 2013 EITI Standard. However, not much has happened in terms of progress of the ...; Created on 08 March 2020
33. Criminalization increases against environmental defenders and social movements of the Central American region: (Regional News); ... where a significant resistance against extractive projects is taking place, have been punished with a partial State of Siege while extractive projects operate illegally. An alarming sign of this trend ...; Created on 26 December 2019
34. Agriculture, a sustainable economic alternative to mining: (Mining and Human Rights); ... quality of life, compared to what could have been achieved with mining activities. This is the conclusion of the study on "economic alternatives to the extractive industry", carried out by the Association ...; Created on 26 December 2019
35. Environmentalists Denounce that Central American governments favor mining companies and criminalize activists: (Regional News); ... of the more than 25 organizations who participated, the governments of the region criminalize environmental defenders who oppose extractive projects and to favor mining and other extractive companies. ...; Created on 26 December 2019
36. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... unsurprisingly, failed. “The extractive industry is a large, wealthy and well-connected interest group, with prominent ex-politicians, including former Liberal Minister of International Trade Jim Peterson, ...; Created on 04 October 2019
37. National Roundtable against Metal Mining Demands technical closure of mines and compensation for environmental damage: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... because they are going to generate revenue to the country” stated Calles. Morales added that the minister should not grant environmental permits to extractive projects, "since they put water, the environment ...; Created on 18 September 2019
38. Central American antimining activists gather in El Salvador to discuss joint strategies for action: (Media Releases); ... at strengthening the dialogue, knowledge exchange and analysis of the impacts of the extractive industries in the CA4 region, particularly focusing on: Continuing the information exchange and analysis ...; Created on 05 May 2019
39. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... of these cases, communities have been actively organizing to resist mining activities and defend their land, health, environment, self-determination, and ways of life. “Mining and other extractive ...; Created on 03 May 2019
40. ENDORSERS / SIGNATARIOS: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... MiningWatch Canada Projet Accompagnement Québec-Guatemala (CANADA) People's Health Movement Extractive Industries Working Group (CANADA) RightOnCanada (CANADA) St James United Church Social Justice ...; Created on 25 February 2019

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