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21. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... arbitration against the government of Guatemala is very worrisome. If the tribunal rules against Guatemala, this could have a terrible domino effect that puts communities at risk, in which extractive companies ...; Created on 24 August 2020
22. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... court, who — sorry. The international court is — Honduras needs to obey the international court rules and give back the land to the Triunfo de la Cruz. And they are trying to don’t do that. And that’s ...; Created on 17 August 2020
23. Timeline: Guatemala mine suspensions: (Regional News); ... in line with ILO convention 169 rules is completed by the MEM. September 7: Tahoe says the constitutional court’s 554-page resolution provides a path toward a restart of production at Escobal, but the ...; Created on 23 July 2020
24. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer: (Mining and Human Rights); ... of water at the close of its operations. Finally, it is important to point out that it is not enough to comply with minimum agreements with local communities, nor is it enough to comply with the lax rules ...; Created on 22 July 2020
25. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Agreement (USMCA), the pact has some improvements but remains a handout to large corporations. This is particularly evident in the USMCA rules related to investor rights. One of the most controversial ...; Created on 03 May 2020
26. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... This is not the case with the Rio Blanco mine. But such technicalities are hard to rely on when disregard for the rules is a feature of the international arbitration system. George Kahale III, the ...; Created on 03 May 2020
27. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... have skirted the rules—with government support. This has resulted in alleged human rights abuses and long-lasting environmental destruction. “The Mining Act has led to the onslaught of big mining corporations ...; Created on 04 October 2019
28. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... that has a central role in designing ISDS rules, third-party funding was one of several key issues under discussion. This comes several months after the International Centre for Settlement of Investment ...; Created on 05 May 2019
29. The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya fights for the right to water: (Regional News); ... response to their request for a dialogue. July 15, 2015 -- A constitutional court rules against the mine and directs the company to hold community consultations with those who are impacted by the mine. ...; Created on 03 May 2019
30. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... management (including nationalization or taxation). Five of these were brought by companies without any operating mine at the time of arbitration. Investor protection rules most frequently invoked: ...; Created on 03 May 2019
31. “Latin American Countries exposed to law suits from transnational comporations: Manuel Pérez Rocha: (Regional News); ... to the extraction of natural resources."Currently, most Latin American countries are being threatened by multimillion-dollar lawsuits. This explosive amount is the result of the enforcement of certain rules ...; Created on 10 May 2018
32. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); ... improvised camp. Credit: Edgardo Ayala / IPS One of the rules under which the organisation operates is ILO Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples, in force since September 1991, which has been ...; Created on 09 May 2018
33. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... water source. The company sued the government for $250 million under free trade rules, a suit that only grew after the Australian-Canadian company OceanaGold acquired Pacific Rim. The legal dispute turned ...; Created on 26 June 2017
34. Historic Wins for Democracy and Rights in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... raise attention to the injustice of the lawsuit while providing “research accompaniment” and media outreach on both Pac Rim and the lawsuit.10 One of the remarkable biases of this system of investor rules, ...; Created on 26 June 2017
35. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... ways of characterizing the free trade and investment rules system would resonate strongly in any context. But in post-colonial Latin America, in a country well used to Northern aggression, they were particularly ...; Created on 23 June 2017
36. PRESS RELEASE: OceanaGold, “the gold mining company of choice”? Not in El Salvador or the Philippines: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... engineer presented documentary evidence to Salvadoran legislators and media demonstrating how OceanaGold has flaunted rules and regulations in the Philippines -- from environmental regulations to labour ...; Created on 23 June 2017
37. El Salvador becomes first country to ban metals mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... rules or regulations. In fact, OceanaGold has a successful track record of operating for 27 years in accordance with Australian and Canadian standards on health, safety, environment, community and sustainability ...; Created on 16 April 2017
38. 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
39. A wake-up call for Trump's trade agend: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... existence of these investment rules in the Central America version of NAFTA (called CAFTA) and in the Salvadoran investment law allowed the mining company to retaliate with an investor-state lawsuit, claiming ...; Created on 03 March 2017
40. All Endorsers: (Open Letter OceanaGold); ... Mesoamericano contra el Modelo extractivo Minero, Regional OXFAM The Rules Network Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo (PIDHDD), Regional Servicio Internacional Cristiano ...; Created on 28 December 2016

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