... offices in the municipality of Guacotecti, according to a statement published by the Committee for Human Rights in Latin America (CDHAL).
These community leaders were arrested by means of a judicial ...
... - which involves the suspension of various constitutional rights-, but in this case, it should not apply because those charged have no relationships with gangs.
In view of these events, the undersigned ...
... industry.”
The Guatemalan Constitution (1985), ILO 169 (ratified in 1996), the Municipal Code (2002), and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (2007) all recognize the ...
... about possible criminalization actions against environmental and human rights defenders of Asunción Mita, Jutiapa, Guatemala, and we urge the Guatemalan government and the company Bluestone Resources INC ...
... which recognizes that clean potable water and sanitation are essential for the implementation of all human rights, has been recognized by the States of Guatemala and El Salvador, specifically.
4. That ...
... (also known as Organización Fraternal Negra Hondureña, OFRANEH). This organization works to vindicate the cultural, political, and territorial rights of the Garifuna people.
* For its work defending ...
... we will continue to demand a General Water Law that guarantees sustainability and the human rights of the population, above the interests of any oligarchic group in the country.
Water is not for sale, ...
... the door to renewed debate on metallic mining in El Salvador and threatens the guarantee of rights achieved with the ban of this industry in 2017.
The central issue in the debate on metallic mining in ...
... turn, it was international organizations who helped members of la mesa navigate the international human rights system and helped to echo the calls for justice to the international public opinion. ...
... against, even though two other mines were suspended on similar grounds. The reality is that local communities are the ones whose rights have been trampled. KCA did not fulfil environmental regulations ...
... numerous health hazards for community members. At some point, the Commission on Human Rights stated that the demolition of the houses of the community members to make way for mining consisted of human ...
... fundamentally prone to environmental destruction, climate disruption, and human rights violations."
"We also believe that we still lack rigorous economic plans for national industrialization, agrarian ...
... Council of San Rafael Las Flores attended the meeting. In addition, delegates from the Environment and Indigenous People’s offices of the Human Rights Ombudsman (PDH), and the directors of Pan American ...
... 1.02% in the past 20 years, despite growing its gross value added from P54.5 billion ($1.14 billion) to P136.9 billion ($2.9 billion). Environmental disasters, rights violations
Leon Dulce, national ...
... right to be consulted. The lifting of the immobilisation is not a ‘go ahead’ for exploitation.
We request that the Human Rights Ombudsman remains vigilant for any action carried out against the people’s ...