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1. El Salvador: Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture: (General Environment Backrounders); World Bank, 2009 A summary of the current information related to climate change and agriculture in El Salvador. The Country Note describes the role of El Salvador in mitigation and adaptation to climate ...; Created on 23 April 2016
2. To the General Public, The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya states: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... Human Rights. Resistencia Pacifica La Puya, San José del Golfo and San Pedro Ayumpuc, 21st May 2021. PBI Canada has a note on the latest from La Puya, here, PBI-Guatemala accompanies the Peaceful Resistance ...; Created on 23 May 2021
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); ... It also notes: “At a hearing on March 25, 2021, in the 4th Court, the judge resolved an incident raised by the mining company, on the lifting of the immobilization of the Progreso VII Derivada [El Tambor] ...; Created on 22 May 2021
4. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... reading vote of 285 in favour, against 3 opposed, to a third reading of 134 in favour and 140 opposed?” He notes that 26 Liberal members of parliament and 4 NDP members did not attend the vote. The ...; Created on 12 May 2021
5. Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... 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 ...; Created on 11 May 2021
6. Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support: (Mining and Human Rights); ... At least four UN bodies have urged Ottawa to hold its companies accountable for their international operations. As the UN Human Rights Committee noted in 2015: The State party should (a) enhance the ...; Created on 07 May 2021
7. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... Swiss media outlet Public Eye published an article based on field research at this centuries-old mine, titled “We’ve simply been forgotten“. In the note the author describes the precarious and risky way ...; Created on 22 April 2021
8. Australian-Canadian mining company OceanaGold misleads public on Filipino mine: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... firearms to intimidate them. Residents were beaten and one was shot by OceanaGold security personnel. The report noted that OceanaGold “is largely responsible for the continuing threats to security of ...; Created on 22 April 2021
9. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... regulations. By 2019, anti-mining groups noted that Duterte had gone quiet over mining, making no mention of the sector in his public speeches. That same year, the DENR’s MGB recommended the reopening ...; Created on 15 April 2021
10. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the descriptor “ordinary people” in the subtitle and throughout the book strikes an odd note. These are people who risked, and some lost, their lives to defend their homes and communities and in so doing ...; Created on 11 April 2021
11. Urgent Action: Immediately release Guapinol defenders in high risk: (Mining and Human Rights); ... defenders and for exercising their legitimate rights. Furthermore, it noted that there is no reason to prosecute them in the first place. The Working Group emphasized that they should be released and redressed ...; Created on 14 March 2021
12. The trial for Guapinol water defender Jeremías Martínez begins today in Tegucigalpa, Honduras: (Mining and Human Rights); PBI Brent Patterson On the morning of February 22, Libertad para los defensores de Guapinol (Freedom for the defenders of Guapinol) tweeted: “Minutes from the start of the trial of Jeremías Martínez, ...; Created on 22 February 2021
13. OceanaGold (ASX:OGC) fined A$128,500 as environmental concerns at Haile continue: (OceanaGold); ... the last year that the company has run into trouble with the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) and follows other violations noted in 2018 and 2019 The company is accused of releasing ...; Created on 15 February 2021
14. Gold mine fined $100,000. Toxic air pollution found at big mine near tiny town: (OceanaGold); ... penalty against any South Carolina company in at least a year -- because of the period of time the gold mine did not follow the rules. The violations were noted in 2018 and 2019. “DHEC is always concerned ...; Created on 12 February 2021
15. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... of these supposed pandemic-related claims, it is noteworthy that according to public records and up to the day of writing, no case has been filed in connection with COVID-19 measures. However, this might ...; Created on 21 January 2021
16. No renewal for Didipio Mines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... town also vowed to work against the issuance of a regulatory permit for OceanaGold and cease the operation of the Didipio gold and copper project. Vice Mayor Fiesta noted that the 13 contested villages ...; Created on 08 January 2021
17. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... debate between those in favor of maintaining the status quo and those proposing a centralized appointment mechanism. In regard to the appellate mechanism, the same authors note that this novelty has strengths, ...; Created on 19 December 2020
18. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the bishops’ conference of Honduras published a statement in October 2018 where they note, “The greatest responsibility for this situation lies with the economic model that privileges the excessive desire ...; Created on 25 September 2020
19. Pandemic fuels mining extraction in Latin America: (Regional News); ... the industry and continue operating despite the restrictions. Voces Desde el Territorio reviewed more than 500 notes, press releases, and mining reports that reveal that mining companies around the world ...; Created on 09 August 2020
20. Lack of a Water Law prolongs the historical crisis in the country: (Regional News); ... in order to recognize the magnitude of the crisis affecting the population. Yet, this has not been done. In addition, we note the lack of a policy or plan aimed at guaranteeing this human right to the ...; Created on 17 June 2020

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