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1. Submission of Amicus Curiae Brief to Pac Rim Cayman LLC v. Republic of El Salvador, ICSID Case No. ARB/09/12: (OceanaGold/Pacific Rim); Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), “Submission of Amicus Curiae Brief to Pac Rim Cayman LLC v. Republic of El Salvador, ICSID Case No. ARB/09/12,” May 20, 2011, available at: http://www.ciel.org/Publications/PAC_RIM_Amicus_20May11_Eng.pdf ...; Created on 14 March 2016
2. Congressional Briefing: Do Trade Agreement International Investor Protections Imperil Local Communities and the Environment?: (Background and reports ); ... in El Salvador and Unidad Ecologica de El Salvador, joined experts on investor-state disputes in Washington D.C. for a Congressional briefing organized by Public Citizen and Oxfam in coordination with ...; Created on 04 April 2012
3. PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance of La Puya as court ruling gives mining company access to the site: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... caused by a judicial decision. However, the license continues to be suspended.” Brief timeline and context In March 2012 residents from San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayampuc – an area known as La ...; Created on 22 May 2021
4. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... was selected to win the Institute for Policy Studies (where Cavanagh works) Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award. They briefly describe Rivera’s disappearance and eventual discovery, murdered, at the bottom ...; Created on 11 April 2021
5. Families complain about big SC gold mine, citing danger and community disruption: (OceanaGold); ... moving parts,’’ DHEC’s Jeremy Eddy said. One issue that was mentioned only briefly at this past week’s hearing was whether OceanaGold would increase a cash bond to pay for any environmental damage. DHEC ...; Created on 02 April 2021
6. Mine reappears on list of suspects: Lead source inquiry welcomed: (OceanaGold); ... or fishing tackle in the catchment, or sampling or analytical errors. In a brief media session after a packed public meeting at the East Otago Events Centre on Wednesday, Mr Dyer said that the council ...; Created on 13 March 2021
7. Parliamentary Petition Calls on Canada to Act on Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Canada, catherine@miningwatch.ca Patricia Lisson, International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP-Canada), ichrpcanada@gmail.com For background information, see: Background brief ...; Created on 25 February 2021
8. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... we first briefly explain what protection under an investment treaty involves before analysing the rise of investment claims in the mining sector in 2020 and its likely continued rise in 2021 and beyond. ...; Created on 06 January 2021
9. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... brief shutdown. As a result, not only have mine sites become a vector for the spread of the coronavirus into rural areas and vulnerable territories, but land and water protectors on lockdown — who’ve been ...; Created on 23 July 2020
10. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... leading the way — to face down police deployed to evict the resistance and enable the company access to the site. As a result, for a brief time from 2014 to 2016, the company managed to operate the mine. ...; Created on 03 May 2020
11. CEJIL requests revocation of preventive detention of Guapinol water defenders: (Regional News); ... company and protect the Guapinol and San Pedro rivers from contamination. Through of an amicus curiae brief, CEJIL presented arguments, based on international human rights law standards, to ask that the ...; Created on 20 April 2020
12. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... and South American governments facing 29% of known claims. You can find the full report and brief executive summary at https://ips-dc.org/report-extraction-casino/ These findings complement a study ...; Created on 03 May 2019
13. In El Salvador, a moment more precious than gold: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... affection. He was the centerpiece of the most amazing and magical week I can remember in 12 long years of arduous struggle. It was a brief moment in time, more precious than gold. [Andrés McKinley is ...; Created on 26 June 2017
14. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... letter to the head of the World Bank in 2011 signed by 244 international civil society organizations; another in 2014 signed by over 300 international groups; two Amicus Curiae/Friends of the Court briefs ...; Created on 23 June 2017
15. Western University Professor Brings El Salvador Anti-Mining Struggle to Canadian Audience: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... – including poor water quality, deforestation, and over-use of agro-toxics -- before turning to a brief history of the political struggles that have affected the country. She also mentioned Pacific Rim/OceanGold’s ...; Created on 08 March 2017
16. Across the Pacific: building a global struggle against the free-trade agenda of OceanaGold: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... publications can be the handy starting point for popularized primers, lobbying briefers, and evidence for legal remedies. The need to enhance the technical capacities of the people’s movements was also ...; Created on 26 September 2016
17. Corporate bias at the World Bank Group: (FTAs & ISDS); The World Bank Group’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Robin Broad - Bretton Woods Project This briefing focuses on the main venue for settlement of legal cases brought by ...; Created on 29 September 2015
18. Preliminary program: (2014 International Delegation); ... Salvador Day four: Morning: Debriefing session Afternoon: Event at the University of El Salvador. Day five: Visit to Asuncion Mita, Guatemala to engage with local community members and ...; Created on 07 August 2014
19. Facing Goliath: CIEL lends David a (legal) hand: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); A new amicus brief supports human rights and environmental protection in El Salvador’s battle to uphold environmental laws against Pac Rim Mining Corporation’s lawsuit. By Lily Simon First published ...; Created on 06 August 2014
20. A corporate warning to El Salvador: Give up your gold or pay $315 million: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... which opposes the mine. Last week in Washington, Pacheco led a coalition of activists in presenting an amicus curiae brief to the World Bank tribunal, calling on it to exonerate the government. Will ...; Created on 06 August 2014

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