... the World Food Program (WFP). “I had never grown cabbage; nor lettuce, tomato, güisquil (chayote) plants, and even some mango trees (…). The WFP also gave us a Tambo (water tank) to build irrigation systems." ...
... in the agreement. For example, it removes the system of party-appointed arbitrators in favor of a pre-selected pool of arbitrators, appointed by States. It also includes a permanent appellate arbitration ...
... superpowers and the oppressive governments and systems continue to intensify widening inequality. Exacerbated neglect and discrimination to their access to health and basic services has been a grave threat ...
... in the area.
“If that tailings dam failed, it wouldn’t just take out the town, it would take out an entire river system and go into the Hauraki Gulf, which would have devastating consequences,” she said. ...
... remaining state industries and public resources.
FMLN legislators succeeded in exempting essential institutions – like education, health, the penal system, and water – from the final version of the law. ...
... The court threw it out.
But now, KCA is using the unjust, international arbitration system to strong-arm the Guatemalan government into green-lighting the unwanted mine — or compensate KCA for hundreds ...
... the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant and exposed its technical deficiencies when he was part of the Citizens’ Review Panel. In 2015, he founded the Center for Renewable Energy Systems and Sustainable Technology ...
... as a result of trumped-up criminal charges.
According to a recent report by the UN Working Group on business and human rights, the “root cause of most social conflicts [in Honduras] is the systematic ...
... project, and by the spring of 2018, Pinares started widening a road within the park. Residents say their drinking water systems filled up with mud, which they reported to local authorities.
With no response, ...
... Agreements, and are disproportionately brought against governments in the Global South, especially Latin America. The report’s examination of KCA’s lawsuit exposes a supranational arbitration system that ...
... the Public Ministry, the Judiciary and the private sector to punish anyone who dares to defend the public and common goods of Honduras."
Indeed, this decision of the Honduran judicial system confirms ...
... speaking to Democracy Now! from her home in Honduras in July.
MIRIAM MIRANDA: [translated] What happened is a reflection of systemic persecution, systemic repression, but also a well-crafted plan by ...
... for a crisis like COVID-19 to happen to make the cookie crumble.
With intact ecosystems dwindling, biodiversity collapsing, pollution worsening, and sources of livelihood depleting, we are extremely ...
... are exploring or digging for gold, silver, copper, iron-ore, and other minerals can extend to vast areas of entire countries. Their activities also affect important ecosystems. These include high-altitude ...
... policymakers now have to worry that their policy responses could make them the target of lawsuits.
A separate legal system
In fact, law firms already seem to be salivating over the potential to profit ...
... Quellaveco carried out by the Hydrogeologist Robert Moran (2002), suggest reviewing the water situation of the region in a comprehensive way because the region belongs to a desert ecosystem. Also extraction ...
... of its own employees, the mining company launched systematic persecution against the people, organizations and communities opposing mining contamination in Lake Izabal. The stigmatization and harassment ...
... homes, ecosystems, and the population, as well as by the food and health crisis due to the coronavirus pandemic. The “World Environment Day” of 2020 has evidenced the poverty and vulnerability of the population ...
... trade deal curtails this “investor-state” dispute settlement (ISDS) somewhat. But it falls far short of the progressive demands for an alternative system that prioritizes human rights and the rights of ...
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This is not the case with the Rio Blanco mine.
But such technicalities are hard to rely on when disregard for the rules is a feature of the international arbitration system. George Kahale III, the ...