... Witness,” said Patricia Lisson of ICHRP-Canada (International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines-Canada). “In 2020, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a report highlighting ...
... pollution-related penalty issued to a South Carolina company in more than a year — was largely due to the significant length of time that the Haile operation had gone without adhering to environmental ...
... three times,’’ the one-time Lancaster County representative said. “It makes me worry that there is a breakdown in the operations that they are unable to prevent.’’
The Haile mine issued a statement Thursday, ...
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Liam Meisner
Any future government that’s concerned about environmental and human rights issues will have to rein in mining companies operating abroad. Walter Aduviri knows better than anyone ...
... to halt its operation back in October. Padilla also issued a cease and desist order against the company in June 2019. OGPI refused to acknowledge the order and filed a petition before the local court to ...
... covers a range of trade-related issues, and investment protection. As reported by Kiran Gore and Esmé Shirlow, the USMCA provides an ISDS mechanism that departs in many ways from the one established in ...
... councils. The Community Association of Santa Eduviges (ACSE) in Soyapango requested that the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) issue special protective measures in response to efforts to steal the community’s ...
... calling back workers and contractors before resolving the conflict. The company was obliged to issue another press release on Friday stating that the mine is shut down.
More than a decade of devastation ...
... was a direct violation of the restraining order issued by the provincial government of Nueva Vizcaya after its continued operation in July 2019 without permit. The Financial and Technical Assistance Agreement ...
... , a major political powerbroker who before his death in 2015 was accused of land grabs, violent repression and links with drug traffickers.
Over the next few years, mining permits were issued and road ...
... and Mr. George and the families of the jailed men now fear for their lives. On Aug. 28, a day after Amnesty International issued an urgent action alert related to the case, the Sisters of Mercy in Washington ...
... urban areas, the most pressing issue is related to a lack of public services. The affected communities in San Salvador mentioned above are supplied with water from the Las Pavas processing plant, an old ...
... issued an order in early August demanding a report on the whereabouts of the 5 kidnapped Garífuna leaders and stating that Honduras must adopt necessary security measures for at-risk Garífuna members by ...
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On 27 October 2018, some 1,500 police and army officials descended on the community of Guapinol to stop the protests. Soon after the arrival of the police in October 2018, the public prosecutor issued ...
... strongly denounced the illegal and harmful activities of the company and the irregularities in the issuence of mining licenses within the limits of the Carlos Escaleras National Reserve Park.
The preliminary ...
... Ramos Matute, Erika Geraldina Dubon Padilla and Magistrate Ramiro Alejandro Ramírez confirmed the decision of National Jurisdiction Judge Lisseth Vallecillo to issue a formal order of indictment on two ...
... Carla Garcia, we want to thank you so much for being with us. Of course, we will continue to follow this very grave issue in Honduras. Carla Garcia is international relations coordinator at the Black Fraternal ...
... consulted in the granting of its mining license.
June 19: Protesters in the town of Casillas block the main road linking Guatemala City to the Escobal mine.
July 5: The supreme court issues a provisional ...
... and clearly biased in showing that no significant impacts will occur.
Even the Peruvian Ombudsman has issued warnings and identified the situation in the region and the future impacts of the Quellaveco ...