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21. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... in Free Trade Agreements and other investment protection pacts, laws, or contracts. These allow companies to bypass domestic courts and sue governments before private tribunals of highly paid corporate ...; Created on 03 May 2019
22. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... agreements, gives transnational companies binding recourse to a perverse international arbitration system known as Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). ISDS claims are heard in tribunals such as ICSID ...; Created on 26 February 2019
23. THE STRUGGLE FOR GOOD WATER GOVERNANCE CONTINUES IN EL SALVADOR: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... Tribunal, to declare the country on the verge of water stress, meaning insufficient water resources to meet human demand. Confirming this view, a study by the Office of the Ombudsperson for the Defense ...; Created on 27 August 2018
24. Founding statement: National Alliance against Water Privatization in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... can only appoint one. To complement the privatization strategy, a super board of directors is created with absolute powers to control every action, from hiring personnel, managing the water tribunal, controlling ...; Created on 25 June 2018
25. Solidarity Statement to the People of El Salvador on the day of OceanGold's AG: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... tribunal of bankers. To La Mesa and the groups that agitated for El Salvador’s 2017 legislation to ban mining we congratulate you. We will continue to give our solidarity and support to you until OceanaGold ...; Created on 04 June 2018
26. “Latin American Countries exposed to law suits from transnational comporations: Manuel Pérez Rocha: (Regional News); ... thanks to the international alliances, the country managed to put pressure on the ICSID tribunal so that the ruling of the case would be favorable to El Salvador. These investment or free trade treaties ...; Created on 10 May 2018
27. The dilemma of artisanal miners after the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Commerce Group); ... at the supreme court, if that is not resolved by national institutions, then we are prepared to go to international tribunals” said Freddy Flores a leader of the local Community Development Association. ...; Created on 07 May 2018
28. Salvadorans Reinforce Commitment to Sustain Historic Mining Ban on its First Anniversary: (Media Releases); ... tribunal rejected OceanaGold’s claim for US$250 Million against El Salvador for not having granted it a permit to mine. The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) instead ordered ...; Created on 06 May 2018
29. Looming threats to the mining prohibition in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... government of El Salvador: US based Commerce Group for $100 million and Pacific Rim Mining (later OceanaGold) sued for $301 million US at a World-Bank housed tribunal, the International Centre for Settlement ...; Created on 08 February 2018
30. ICSID on the bench of the accused: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... He added that around 600 similar cases are being processed by the tribunal highly biased in favor of corporations, and that it should disappear. Pérez Rocha explained that an advisable measure for countries ...; Created on 14 November 2017
31. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... made history, becoming the first country to ban metal mining outright, after a World Bank tribunal rejected last October a US$250 million lawsuit launched against the government by Canadian-Australian ...; Created on 26 June 2017
32. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... deadly. Several anti-mining activists were murdered in the state of Cabañas, where the company planned to mine. OceanaGold’s case was heard by an international tribunal overseen by the World Bank. In ...; Created on 26 June 2017
33. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... 2016: After a seven-year battle, a World Bank Group-affiliated arbitration tribunal ruled unanimously against a global mining firm that sued El Salvador for not granting it a mining license.2 Global corporations ...; Created on 26 June 2017
34. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... in the world to do so. The historic vote came just six months after a World Bank tribunal ruled in favour of the country’s government in an international investment arbitration case brought by a Canadian ...; Created on 23 June 2017
35. PRESS RELEASE: OceanaGold, “the gold mining company of choice”? Not in El Salvador or the Philippines: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... not address the reputational risk that the company continues to face. In October 2016, a World Bank tribunal found against OceanaGold in a seven-year, multimillion-dollar suit against El Salvador. The ...; Created on 23 June 2017
36. El Salvador becomes first country to ban metals mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... The following year, the company filed a claim against El Salvador with the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a supranational arbitration tribunal housed at the World ...; Created on 16 April 2017
37. El Salvador Passes Historic Law To Ban Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... rights. Under Free Trade Agreement rules, the case ended up before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), a World Bank tribunal, which found that the company had not complied ...; Created on 16 April 2017
38. El Salvador Votes for Water over Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... opposition from a wide range of groups inside and outside El Salvador, the ICSID tribunal ruled against the company. When legislators announced that they would begin serious discussion on the mining ban, ...; Created on 16 April 2017
39. Pressure Grows on Mining Giant to Pay $8 Million to El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... In total, the tiny Central America country has paid more than US$13 million in legal costs and fees. The ICSID ruling against the company came as a surprise because the tribunal has previously been criticized ...; Created on 05 March 2017
40. In El Salvador, OceanaGold Must ‘Pay Up and Pack Up’: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); MiningWatch After seven years, four murders and US$24 million in total legal costs, in October 2016, a little-known World Bank tribunal trashed OceanaGold’s claim that El Salvador either owed it a mining ...; Created on 03 March 2017

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