... goods and territory.”
“Faced with this situation, they call on the population, to be vigilant in the face of any action by the mining company, which may give evidence of continued exploitation, since ...
... Commission on Environment and Climate Change to give a green light to the vote on a law prohibiting mining.
A World Bank (WB) arbitration body ruled in October 2016 in favor of El Salvador and against ...
... Broad, a professor of International Development at American University who studies development and environmental concerns. “This is phenomenal, given the country’s relative economic poverty and the high ...
Pac Rim CAFTA Challenge of Salvadoran Environmental, Mining Safety Policies Given Go-Ahead by Tribunal
August 3, 2010
Initial Win for Corporation in Trade Agreement Attack on Environmental Policy Poses ...
... in El Salvador, is to demobilize potential grassroots opposition to the government's plans."
Given Bukele and Attorney General Rodolfo Delgado's track records as well as the state of exception that ...
... the authority to recognize the validity of the results". In this sense, we argue that said institution lacks the knowledge of the laws or intends to give that impression as the consultation was based on ...
... government promote regulations that guarantee mining-free borders with a shared basin approach and give priority to the negotiation of a Treaty of transboundary waters.
We alert the international community ...
... talking about the territories being given to people who have money.
How does the ZEDE project affect the Garífuna people?
In recent years we have been facing such strong pressure. The “Ciudades Modelo”, ...
... to an Oxfam America study, Dirty Metals, "When it comes to toxic emissions, metal mining is one of the leading industries."
Given this reality, broad based social coalitions, together with the Catholic ...
... violently evicted the Peaceful Resistance La Puya, clearing the way for the company to begin operations. Unwilling to give up, the resistance camp resumed outside the mine gates shortly after, but the ...
... Despite this, the Xinka people have not given up. The vindication of our rights has not been easy because public officials of four previous governments have denied their existence, in order to justify ...
... land distribution, and a moratorium on land conversion, while the Ayuda Act aims to give out P10,000 in cash assistance for the poorest Filipinos.
“These measures are sound, reasonable, and much more ...
... action that the mining company carries out which could gives indications of further exploitation, given that the licence remains suspended until an enquiry is carried out into the State violation of the ...
... suffocating conditions, residents are concerned about potential impacts on their health, given the close proximity of their homes to the mine.
Further questions were raised about the conflict that Pan ...
... was not given full investigative powers, limiting its ability to make any meaningful interventions or policy recommendations on issues related to human rights abuses abroad. The name “ombudsperson” is ...
... should be noted that, given the seriousness of the allegations in this case, the WG submitted information on the facts for further study by the Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers ...
... are also responsible for beatings, kidnappings, arbitrary arrests, and killings in local communities. They frequently undermine indigenous self-determination, as national and regional governments give ...
... corporations – who are the largest source of human rights violations internationally – and not on just any kind of business. Now we have a more general treaty, which can hardly be effective given that ...
... persons, given it controls and supervises the actions of its security forces, and that unlawful demolitions were conducted at its behest”.
Morrison said other human rights abuses associated with the ...
... Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan), said he was unconvinced the new order will uphold environmental protection, given that the country’s mining law gives permit holders complete ...