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1. Long-Fought-For Ombudsperson Announced to Investigate International Complaints against Canadian Mining Companies: (Mining and Human Rights); NEWS RELEASE : January 17, 2018 (Ottawa) Today, Canada’s International Trade Minister announced the creation of a Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise to investigate human rights complaints ...; Created on 08 February 2018
2. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... (e.g. for renewables infrastructure) – although without changing its damaging practices on the ground. While extensive documentation exists, along with complaints in national courts and international ...; Created on 22 April 2021
3. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... about noise, air and water pollution that have affected income from agriculture, and caused serious health problems including an increase in respiratory complaints and skin diseases. “Reports by Advocates ...; Created on 22 April 2021
4. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... an Ombudsperson in Canada who has the necessary investigatory powers to compel witnesses and documents to address complaints against Canadian mining companies.” MiningWatch Canada and the International ...; Created on 25 February 2021
5. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... those who are Residents of Próspera can file complaints through an Ombudsman appointed by the CAMP for violations of the Residents’ Bill of Rights. However, the Ombudsman is severely disincentivized to ...; Created on 15 February 2021
6. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... address complaints about abuses by Canadian corporations overseas, has been criticized by activists for not having any powers to actually investigate or deal with these abuses. CORE was, however, praised ...; Created on 21 January 2021
7. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... critical, complaints of mismanagement also rose, which forced Bukele’s government to remove ANDA president Frederick Benitez. Despite his high-visibility mismanagement, Bukele ended up promoting Benitez ...; Created on 01 December 2020
8. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... consultation inside a protected national park in a process mired by irregularities, according to international experts. In response to criminal complaints filed by the company Inversiones Los Pinares, ...; Created on 07 October 2020
9. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of justice in the Guapinol case. Whereas complaints filed by affected communities are not investigated, those filed by the company, meant to thwart opposition, are moving forward. “The accused are people ...; Created on 25 September 2020
10. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... organizations are unable to accompany them or to properly verify and register complaints. In addition, eight water defenders are being held in illegal pre-trial detention and face additional threats ...; Created on 23 July 2020
11. Honduran Land Defenders Receive the prestigious Letelier-Moffit award in Washington: (Regional News); ... pressure on the government. We have issued complaints with the National Commission for the Prevention of Violence and Torture, MNP-CONAPREV, and the Honduran National Commissioner for Human Rights, CONADEH, denouncing the ...; Created on 24 October 2019
12. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... by mining and oil and gas companies, although according to Myerhoffer’s spokesperson, Nelson Kalil, she has not undertaken any investigations yet. Kalil said they are aiming to launch their complaints ...; Created on 04 October 2019
13. In Guatemala, north american mining company sues in La Puya case: (Kappes Kassiday & Associates Guatemala ); ... the road in order to stop the passage of machinery to the site. Despite of the blockade, several complaints indicated that the operations of the company have continued by using alternative ways of extract ...; Created on 18 September 2019
14. Report: OceanaGold in the Philippines: (Background and reports ); ... numerous reports and other fact-finding missions on OceanaGold’s record in the Philippines. We have carefully reviewed the multitude of complaints about the mine from the local community and provincial ...; Created on 05 September 2019
15. In Mining-Affected Communities, Water Is Becoming More Precious Than Gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... involved in protests against the mine were murdered there in 2012. The mining operation was recently ordered suspended after complaints of water contamination, forcible and illegal demolition of homes, ...; Created on 26 June 2017
16. PRESS RELEASE: Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Conflict: OceanaGold and the El Dorado Foundation in El Salvador: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... also been killed and there have been serious complaints over environmental and social harms,” remarks Jen Moore, Latin America Program Coordinator for MiningWatch Canada and co-author of the report. ...; Created on 23 March 2016
17. “El Dorado Foundation” develops misleading social programs: Jennifer Moore: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... all the constant complaints that those of us who live in the territory have been making in regards to Pacific Rim, now with its new name of Oceana Gold… that all they do is extort El Salvador with a law ...; Created on 07 March 2016
18. The Rights Clash: (Commerce Group); ... opposition. The Human Rights Ombudsman’s office has received a “constant series of complaints about mining since 2006,” cited Cortez at the conference. The Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) ...; Created on 15 July 2013
19. New acts of violence and intimidation against members of the National Roundtable Against Metallic Mining: (Mining and Human Rights); ... prosecutions of its perpetrators. In the archives of the Attorney General's Office and National Civil Police complaints of murder, death threats, persecution, kidnappings and robberies against colleagues ...; Created on 09 July 2013
20. Concerned Citizens from Across the U.S. Call on a Milwaukee Company to Act Ethically: (Commerce Group); ... confirming investigations and complaints made by civil society, the Salvadoran Ministry of the Environment found that the San Sebastian River had nine times the acceptable limit of cyanide and one thousand ...; Created on 21 November 2012

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