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1. The lawyers in the Guapinol case reject denial of appeal stating that it was copied and pasted form a different resolution: (Mining and Human Rights); "Business Human Right Legal Defense of Guapinol Water Protectors Respond to Disgraceful "Copy-Paste" Appeals Court Ruling with Constitutional Action", 24 de agosto de 2020 The eight defenders have ...; Created on 24 August 2020
2. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... at a judicial detention center in Soyapango with many limitations: they are isolated, unable to receive visits from family members, and their lawyers are only allowed to speak with them for a maximum of ...; Created on 06 April 2023
3. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... should be noted that, given the seriousness of the allegations in this case, the WG submitted information on the facts for further study by the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers ...; Created on 11 May 2021
4. Gold mine expansion could produce $2.5 billion. But environmental problems linger: (OceanaGold); ... to dispute or uncertainty: cash is really it,’’ said Guild, a Sierra Club lawyer who has been in discussions about the mine expansion with lawyers for OceanaGold. Haile has proposed to add about $16 ...; Created on 30 March 2021
5. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... severe human rights violations, reinforced by harmful rhetoric from high-level officials against human rights organizations, lawyers, political, judicial actors, journalists, trade unionists, and religious ...; Created on 25 February 2021
6. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Honduran lawyers who lack the means to adapt to a new common law practice. For example, Próspera has created a legal framework called "Roatán Common Law Code" that compiles a large set of norms on private ...; Created on 15 February 2021
7. Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom: (Regional News); ... The judge decided that the defenders will not be able to defend themselves in freedom after she reviewed the measures requested by the defending legal team. A group of human rights defense lawyers had ...; Created on 28 December 2020
8. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... condemned by lawyers, rights groups and US and European lawmakers. “My dad has been jailed for defending a river which gives our community life, for trying to stop the exploitation of natural resources ...; Created on 07 October 2020
9. One year on and Honduran Environmental Defenders still in jail without trial: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of their involvement in those alleged crimes. Despite this fact, they were denied bail and even transferred to a maximum-security prison. Since then, lawyers have managed to get them transferred to a ...; Created on 01 September 2020
10. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); ... mechanism in their treaties”. Under Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), a single foreign investor can claim compensation if it can persuade an international tribunal of investment lawyers that ...; Created on 01 September 2020
11. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ConexiHon Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case, August 17, 2020 Late last week, defense lawyers for the more than 20 environmental defenders from Tocoa, ...; Created on 18 August 2020
12. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... company Pinares Investment. Despite multiple appeals, their lawyers have received no response. Meanwhile, their families are not allowed to visit and there are severe water shortages in the prisons. In ...; Created on 23 July 2020
13. German parlamentarians demand justice for Honduran environmental activists: (Regional News); ... are criminals who hinder the country's economic development. But according to their lawyers, they are citizens who defend fundamental rights such as the right to water. The conflict between the residents ...; Created on 20 April 2020
14. CEJIL requests revocation of preventive detention of Guapinol water defenders: (Regional News); ... the appeals filed by the defenders' lawyers to review the imposition of preventive detention since September 01, 2019, after having been formally prosecuted for the crimes of aggravated arson and illegal ...; Created on 20 April 2020
15. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... of the study. The alleged institutions created by the Honduras government to control violence against environmental and human rights defenders, the lawyers who defend them and the journalists who report ...; Created on 20 April 2020
16. Walter Aduviri says he regrets trusting Agustín Luque: (Regional News); La Republica Through his lawyers Walter Aduviri, the governor of the Puno region, criticized his deputy governor Agustín Luque. Aduviri expressed that Luque will be solely responsible for the region' ...; Created on 26 December 2019
17. In Guatemala, north american mining company sues in La Puya case: (Kappes Kassiday & Associates Guatemala ); ... transnational corporations to pass over national courts and undermine the sovereignty of nations. Courts such as ICSID are not courts of justice, but secret panels of highly paid corporate lawyers whose ...; Created on 18 September 2019
18. Save Nueva Vizcaya Movement Launched: (OceanaGold Philippines); by Kalikasan KPNE Environmental activists, church leaders, lawyers, economists, scientists, politicians, and indigenous leaders gathered today at the Church of the Risen Lord in the University of the ...; Created on 16 September 2019
19. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... lawyers who have no obligation to consider concerns related to communities or the environment. "Through years of advocacy, communities have managed to enshrine critical land rights, Indigenous rights, ...; Created on 03 May 2019
20. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... Tribunals like ICSID are not courts of law, but rather secretive panels of highly-paid corporate lawyers who have no obligation to respect precedent of any sort in their decisions. KCA is one of a growing ...; Created on 26 February 2019

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