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21. No renewal for Didipio Mines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... to the municipality,” the Nagtipunan municipal council said. The municipal council members’ resolution also endorsed to President Duterte a petition submitted before them by the Bugkalot-Ilongot IP communities ...; Created on 08 January 2021
22. Vizcaya gov still opposes Didipio: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... to halt its operation back in October. Padilla also issued a cease and desist order against the company in June 2019. OGPI refused to acknowledge the order and filed a petition before the local court to ...; Created on 08 January 2021
23. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... domestic legal system may not provide an adequate remedy. For example, an investor may not wish to settle disputes before a host state's domestic courts for reasons of (i) fear of bias; or (ii) unfamiliarity ...; Created on 06 January 2021
24. From dreams of gold to organic agriculture: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... all year round: “we are producing radish, chives, eggplants, coriander, we have fruit trees. Before we did not have all these fruit trees, now we have guavas, jocote (a type of local cherry), lemon, myrtle, ...; Created on 05 January 2021
25. Honduran justice denies defenders of the Guapinol river to wait for their trial in freedom: (Regional News); ... center of La Ceiba, Atlántida. In February of 2020, the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL) argued before the Court of Appeals of Honduras that the deprivation of liberty of the eight defenders ...; Created on 28 December 2020
26. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... case arising from the corruption scandal, in February 2020, Odebrecht registered a request for arbitration before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) against Peru, in ...; Created on 19 December 2020
27. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... by OceanaGold will be assessed to determine possible environmental effects before rejected or approved. If projects are approved, there will be conditions in place to “remedy and mitigate any potential ...; Created on 17 December 2020
28. U.S.-Backed ANDA Appointment Threatens the Salvadoran People’s Water Resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... for this loan was the creation of autonomous institutions to carry out specific functions that had until that point been in the hands of other state entities. Before ANDA, institutions linked to Public ...; Created on 01 December 2020
29. Canadian corporate greed on display in Mexico mining dispute: (Regional News); ... calling back workers and contractors before resolving the conflict. The company was obliged to issue another press release on Friday stating that the mine is shut down. More than a decade of devastation ...; Created on 28 November 2020
30. How Honduras became one of the most dangerous countries to defend natural resources: (Mining and Human Rights); ... 32 people, including one man who died three years before the alleged incidents, have been charged with multiple offences and the community’s grassroots group falsely accused of ties to organized crime. ...; Created on 07 October 2020
31. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in jail for defending the Guapinol and San Pedro Rivers, for defending life,” says the 26-year-old, who has become the public face of her father’s plight. Before his arrest, Mr. Sorto led the family ministry ...; Created on 25 September 2020
32. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); ... lawsuits brought before international arbitration tribunals by private companies, claiming more than US$3 billion in compensation. Citing force majeure because of the COVID-19 health crisis , Bolivia ...; Created on 01 September 2020
33. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... that have violated human rights resort to supranational arbitration, such as before ICSID, with the objective of claiming compensation from Guatemala for not letting them operate freely,” commented lawyer ...; Created on 24 August 2020
34. The lawyers in the Guapinol case reject denial of appeal stating that it was copied and pasted form a different resolution: (Mining and Human Rights); ... in pretrial jail for almost a year without ever having a solid legal reasoning as to why. A year ago this week, the defenders voluntarily appeared before the National Court to clarify their legal situation ...; Created on 24 August 2020
35. The Honduran government intensifies persecution against defenders of the Guapinol River: (Regional News); ... affected communities before issuing licenses, resulting in violations of both municipal regulations and international standards. The state employed its legal and repressive institutions, such as the ...; Created on 20 August 2020
36. Legal Defense: Honduran Courts Rule to Sustain Political Persecution in Guapinol Case: (Regional News); ... we are equal before the law, but in Honduras, that is not true." Despite a supplemental document that the legal team submitted to the Court of Appeals regarding the changes in the new Penal Code, and their ...; Created on 18 August 2020
37. We Are in Danger Daily: Honduran Afro-Indigenous Garífuna Demand Return of Kidnapped Land Defenders: (Mining and Human Rights); ... with impunity. So, that’s why Miriam is saying, “Today, more than ever, my life is in danger,” because a month before this kidnapping, one of our Garífuna members who came to the international court also ...; Created on 17 August 2020
38. Defending Land and Water from Mining Profiteers in the Time of Covid-19: (Regional News); ... and Developers Association of Canada and draws tens of thousands of people from around the world. This year, the event went ahead despite criticisms only a week before the World Health Organization characterized ...; Created on 23 July 2020
39. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... corporations in the agri-business, finance, energy and other sectors, threatening to divert resources from managing pandemics and other urgent social needs. Even before the current public health crisis, ...; Created on 23 July 2020
40. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the ecosystem, the communities that made visits to the stream confirmed that this is not the case and that the stream is dry, something that has never occurred before. In this case, the company has also ...; Created on 22 July 2020

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