search

1. Social movements celebrate historic vote at the United Nations Human Rights Council: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); UNHRC moves away from voluntary standards and towards a binding treaty to prevent transnationalcorporations human rights violations Twenty country members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, ...; Created on 26 June 2014
2. International Week of Action Free the Santa Marta 5: (Free the Santa Marta 5); ... Marta 5. (CLIK HERE DONATIONS IN THE US) IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ORGANIZE AN ACTION PLEASE REGISTER HERE CONFIRMED ACTIVITIES International Week of Action (April 20-29) DATES TO CONFIRMED: ...; Created on 08 April 2023
3. Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... to widespread arbitrary detentions and other abuses, according to United Nations experts. Original Source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/14/el-salvador-environmental-defenders-arrested-mining-ban ...; Created on 04 April 2023
4. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... industry.” The Guatemalan Constitution (1985), ILO 169 (ratified in 1996), the Municipal Code (2002), and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) all recognize the ...; Created on 22 September 2022
5. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... for the governance, peace and integration of the peoples of the three countries. 3. That the human right to water is a right enshrined in the United Nations General Assembly Resolution number 64 - 292, ...; Created on 12 June 2022
6. Green group supports ban on open-pit mining, protection of 'no mining zones: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... biggest blows to efforts to preserve natural resources in the country. It was also seen to escalate threats against communities opposing mining projects. In 2019, the Philippines topped the list of nations ...; Created on 27 May 2021
7. First Pre-Consultation Meeting with the Xinka People on the Escobal Mine: (Mining and Human Rights); ... administrations refused.” It is important to mention that the lead up to this pre-consultation process has been marked by a context of repression, criminalization, assassinations, and discrimination. ...; Created on 26 May 2021
8. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... have managed conflict by providing financial aid for CSR initiatives within developing nations.” She said that this is part of a trend to shift blame onto the weak governance systems in developing nations ...; Created on 12 May 2021
9. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... widely as possible". The Working Group(WG) is a specialized body of the United Nations, composed of five independent experts from different regions of the world, authorized by the UN Human Rights ...; Created on 11 May 2021
10. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... from the Canadian government. A call for justice The conflict in Tocoa has increasingly gained the attention and support of the United Nations, particularly the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner ...; Created on 06 May 2021
11. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... charismatic Rivera attained folk-hero status with his impersonations of a popular children’s character known as Cipitio to spread his environmentalist message. These efforts helped convince a majority ...; Created on 23 April 2021
12. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... cooperatives. To exemplify the problems that arise around this way of working, we have to travel in our imaginations to the Porco mine in Potosí, an operation under Illapa’s control. In November 2020 ...; Created on 22 April 2021
13. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... 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 ...; Created on 25 February 2021
14. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... Additionally, it can be noted in this context, due to the explanations furnished by Mexico for the modifications of its renewable energy framework, that any potential claim over these modifications could ...; Created on 21 January 2021
15. Vizcaya governor asks Rody to end 2 mine operations: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... that it may affect some famous tourist destinations in the mineral- and agriculture-rich upland town of Kasibu. The governor also cited the MGB Geohazard Map, published in 2012, indicating that Nueva ...; Created on 21 January 2021
16. NEW BOOK: The water defenders - how ordinary people saved a country from corporate greed: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... you envision who truly has power if we unleash our imaginations and act together.” —Ai-jen Poo, executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, author of The Age of Dignity, and MacArthur ...; Created on 14 January 2021
17. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Omar Arriola, a technician at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), mentions that they have promoted the production of family agriculture in El Salvador for 10 years as a ...; Created on 05 January 2021
18. Reclaim Your Rights: Defend Indigenous People’s Lands: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... power project in her village. The United Nations identified criminalization and repressive counter-insurgency laws as a tool against IP defending and exercising rights to their lands. Indigenous leaders ...; Created on 17 December 2020
19. Sakharov Prize 2020: the nominees: (Mining and Human Rights); ... Tohti, an Uyghur economist fighting for the rights of China’s Uyghur minority. Nominations for the Sakharov Prize can be made by political groups and/or groups of at least 40 MEPs. The democratic opposition ...; Created on 29 September 2020
20. Thousands of Salvadorans endure COVID-19 without running water to wash their hands: (Regional News); ... According to the United Nations, more than 600,000 people did not have access to any type of drinking water and sanitation services in 2016 and more than one million people only had access to deficient ...; Created on 11 September 2020

Start
Prev
1
2
3
Next
End

Allied Organizations

Contact Us