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1. The PPDDH presents a report that addresses the socio-environmental impacts of the San Sebastián Mine: (Commerce Group); ... consequences. Faced with these threats, the Association for the Development of El Salvador (CRIPDES) and the Office of the Prosecutor for the Defense of Human Rights (PDDH) announced a Follow-up Report ...; Created on 26 December 2019
2. The international dimensions of the fight for water in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... PDDH, also spoke about the responsibility our legislators have develop the vision of a country that works for the protection of human dignity, ensuring that the activities of companies contribute to improving ...; Created on 02 July 2018
3. Salvadorean Human Rights Attorney Congratulates Municipality that Rejected Mining Through Referendum: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... and "especially for deciding and promoting the defense of life and the environment," said a statement by the Office of the Attorney General for the Defense of Human Rights (PDDH). The referendum was ...; Created on 08 March 2017
4. Community of San Sebastian still endures Commerce Group’s legacy of contamination.: (Commerce Group); ... with the final ruling handed down in 2013. Recently, the Attorney for the Environment from the Office of the Attorney for the Defense of Human Rights (PDDH) visited the community of San Sebastian in ...; Created on 13 February 2017
5. Informe Especial sobre el Proyecto Minero “Cerro Blanco” y las Potenciales Vulneraciones a Derechos Humanos en la Población Salvadoreña: (Human Rights); Oscar Humberto Luna The Cerro Blanco mining project in Guatemala is a threat to El Salvador’s water quality and quantity. This report describes possible human rights violations that may impact the Salvadoran ...; Created on 30 April 2016
6. Commerce Group Mining Corporation required to pay for environmental clean up of the San Sebastian mine.: (Commerce Group); ... Rights Attorney’s Office, PDDH, is a constitutionally stablished body and its recommendations to the government are binding and its compliance by the state is closely monitored. “This institution will ...; Created on 02 March 2016
7. A blunt NO to mining in Arcatao, Chalatenango: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the Environment of Office for the Defense of Human Rights (PDDH) and observer of the referendum initiative congratulated the decision against metal mining using toold provided by the Municipal Code to ...; Created on 11 November 2015
8. Nueva Trinidad: 3rd Municipality in El Salvador to Declare Itself a “Mining Free Territory”: (Territories Free of Mining); ... Rights (PDDH), as well as the mayors from San Jose Las Flores and Arcatao. Mining and Community Consultations in Chalatenango There are currently 10 municipalities in Chalatenango with mining concessions. ...; Created on 18 April 2015
9. Murdered environmental activists remembered: (Mining and Human Rights); ... to our demands” states Guevara. The Office of the Ombudsman for the Defense of Human Rights, PDDH, supports that opinion in a press release dated December 28th, 2014. “We regret, first, ...; Created on 30 December 2014
10. Municipality of San Jose Las Flores declared the first territory free of mining in El Salvador: (Territories Free of Mining); ... organizations, and a high level commission of the office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Human Rights in El Salvador, PDDH, actively monitored the vote and endorsed the results of the elections. Human ...; Created on 24 September 2014
11. Political Candidates Answer to Anti-Mining Activists in San Salvador and Cabañas: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of said forum. After, the representative from the Ombudsman for Human Right’s Office (PDDH in Spanish), the Assistant Ombudsman for the Environment Yanira Cortez Estevez spoke about the stance of the ...; Created on 12 March 2012

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