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1. COMMUNIQUE: The State of the Right to Free Prior and Informed Consent in the CA4 Region: (Media Releases); ... in order to obtain people’s consent”. During the meeting we have analyzed the legal foundations of prior, free and informed consultation, as a right that communities and indigenous and tribal people ...; Created on 08 May 2018
2. KAIROS Participatory Research with partners on Free, Prior and Informed Consent: CEIBA’s experience in Guatemala: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); Teresa Sanic and CEIBA This report discusses general background on the mining conflict in Guatemala, the current social, economic and political state of the country, the community responses to mining ...; Created on 23 April 2016
3. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... permits as a result of lack of prior consultation and consent from affected communities. Mining companies have also sued governments after failing to obtain environmental permits for their mining projects ...; Created on 07 June 2021
4. First Pre-Consultation Meeting with the Xinka People on the Escobal Mine: (Mining and Human Rights); ... with which we started will continue at coming meetings. What we seek, what brings us here to the consultation in good faith, is the right to self-determination of our people and the right to consent… We ...; Created on 26 May 2021
5. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... harm in the industry. Yet, the reality is the industry is firmly rooted in colonial practices that violate the right to free, prior, and informed consent of Indigenous peoples, a principle recognized by ...; Created on 12 May 2021
6. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... asylum applications. It should pressure the Honduran government to enable free, prior and informed consent, and call for free and fair elections. Until then, the international community should suspend ...; Created on 06 May 2021
7. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... to their land. But it failed to reach agreement with all relevant Didipio landholders and, allegedly, tried to circumvent consent processes. It also committed human rights abuses to forcefully acquire ...; Created on 22 April 2021
8. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... brought without the need for further consent on the part of the host state. This may allow investors to bypass local courts and obtain damages directly from the host state. Typically, to qualify for ...; Created on 06 January 2021
9. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... district’s “permitted activities.” “The company doesn’t need resource consent to do this exploration work,” Adams said, adding it’s too early to gauge whether most residents support or reject OceanaGold’s ...; Created on 17 December 2020
10. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... consent. In recent months, three more such cases have been threatened. In late February, a Chinese consortium of Junefield Mineral Resources Limited and Hunan Gold Group threatened to bring a suit ...; Created on 03 May 2020
11. Map reveals Canadian mining company’s environmental, social conflicts: (Regional News); John C. Cannon - Mongabay The Environmental Justice Atlas released new maps March 2 alleging that Pan American Silver operates mines that don’t have the consent of local communities and that pollute ...; Created on 02 March 2020
12. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... back against “development aggression,” or corporate activities imposed on Indigenous ancestral lands without tribal consent. Many of these ventures are helmed by Canadian corporations. Claver is one ...; Created on 04 October 2019
13. ATM Statement re OGPI FTAA renewal: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... FTAA. It did not inform the local governments about its application and has not secured the free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) of the affected indigenous peoples. This interim renewal smells ...; Created on 26 September 2019
14. Save Nueva Vizcaya Movement Launched: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... a continuing context that the legislative probe intended to look into. Violations were noted as early as 2007 involving the free, prior and informed consent of indigenous Tuwali-Ifugaos in the mine’s area. ...; Created on 16 September 2019
15. Global protest launched against OceanaGold mine in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... has figured in human rights violations. Kalikasan PNE noted that from 2007 to 2018 various rights violations were recorded such as lack of free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC), forced demolitions, ...; Created on 02 September 2019
16. The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya fights for the right to water: (Regional News); ... continues and international solidarity remains an essential component in their fight to fully realize their right to water and respect for community consultation and consent as pre-conditions for investment, ...; Created on 03 May 2019
17. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Rights and community consent. Nine of these were brought by companies without any operating mine at the time of arbitration. Over half of cases dispute government measures concerning the enforcement ...; Created on 03 May 2019
18. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... failed to obtain community consent or the required permits to operate, companies allege a loss of investment as the basis for filing these suits. In KCA’s case, owner Daniel Kappes and the company’s legal ...; Created on 26 February 2019
19. Guatemalan court upholds Tahoe mine suspension: (Regional News); ... critical of the consultation standards laid out in the ruling and what he considered the disregard for the principle of free, prior and informed consent. “What we interpret is that they maintain that ...; Created on 16 September 2018
20. Long-Fought-For Ombudsperson Announced to Investigate International Complaints against Canadian Mining Companies: (Mining and Human Rights); ... and respect for communities’ Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). Coumans promised, “We will continue to press the government to ensure that the Ombuds office is independent and effective, and has ...; Created on 08 February 2018

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