... prohibit mining in El Salvador are looking at the current political transition in El Salvador as crucial for advancing democratic reform and economic, environmental and social development.
Given recent ...
... the Municipal Consultation on Mining petitioned by citizens of our municipality, are facing the undemocratic backlash of the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) through a statement dated September 19, where ...
... are important because they make it possible to strengthen local democracy, promote transparency in the public administration, and are tools for citizens to exercise their democratic rights.
While Bluestone ...
... are also several constitutional resolutions which recognize these as truly democratic processes. According to these rulings, such as the one issued in the department of Jalapa, municipal consultations ...
... in a peaceful protest against Inversiones Los Pinares. (GuapinolResiste) The international community International organizations have acknowledged the important democratic roles of the environmental defenders ...
... That is the purpose of this legislation,” said Leahy.
“Human rights violations, democratic backsliding, and drug trafficking have been unchecked in Honduras for far too long,” Durbin said, “I am proud ...
... of Honduran sovereignty or were simply a new form of democratic local government. The constitutional charter of Honduras’ first ZEDE, Próspera, along with its extensive code of rules, was made public at ...
... its Environmental Policy.
Former Democratic member of the South Carolina House of Representatives Mandy Powers Norrell, who raised concerns regarding the mine's environmental impact before it opened, ...
... Tohti, an Uyghur economist fighting for the rights of China’s Uyghur minority. Nominations for the Sakharov Prize can be made by political groups and/or groups of at least 40 MEPs.
The democratic opposition ...
... Organization of Honduras.
All week, Democracy Now! will be breaking with convention as we cover the Democratic National Convention, which virtually begins this evening. We’ll bring highlights of the ...
... and environment defenders in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. These violations are characterized as occurring in a time when the capacity of defenders to assert their democratic rights are severely ...
... necessity and proportionality, essential in a democratic society ”. In this sense, the rule should be the liberty of the person prosecuted while resolving their criminal responsibility.
The organization ...
... laws that guarantee investor rights.
"The dominance of investor rights has deteriorated the capacity of local democratic institutions to regulate extractive industries in all phases of operations. In ...
... which the Ministry of Energy and Mines and the company have appealed to the Constitutional Court. Instead of respecting Guatemala´s democratic and judicial processes, KCA has filed this claim, which in ...
... Morales also noted “new threats on the horizon that put at risk democratic aspirations, social justice, and the search for an ecologically sustainable society for the Salvadoran people.” Chief among ...
... distribution of water in the nation, denying the state this function, we would be facing an absolutely undemocratic law, which lacks legitimacy," the bishops said.
"An unjust law that violates the rights ...
... an entity to which countries have been forced to adhere as a result of the application of neoliberal structural adjustment programs. He added that there is no democratic oversight from the international ...
... and environmental organizations to promote democratic initiatives, such as binding referenda, that lead to the creation of municipal ordinances to protect the environment and preserve their natural resources. ...
... Others noted that these deals take power away from democratically-elected governments, placing it in the hands of corporations to make decisions that may negatively impact national economies.
As Merle ...
... being exercised against a democratic Government decision. If Australia ratifies the TTP there will be more of this to come” said Ged Kearney President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions.
“ISDS ...