Statement from the Canadian Labour Congress - CLC on the Pacific Rim/OceanaGold law suit against El Salvador.
Friday, June 26, 2015
Given our shared struggle for human rights and corporate accountability, ...
... said Claver. The act “opens up the whole Philippines mining industry to the fullest level of control by investing foreign companies.”
“The belly of the beast” There are some glaring reasons why so many ...
... objectivity and independence, and under all the criteria studied, it found that the detention of the eight environmental defenders is arbitrary for three reasons:
1. First, because there is no legal ...
... adjudicative system for several reasons. First, information regarding the PZ’s legal and adjudication system is neither clear nor easily accessible to the public. Adopting a new legal system might exclude ...
... 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 ...
... recognized as a human right in El Salvador, and the country is at risk of drought. Although lack of water regulation and climate change are two of the reasons for El Salvador's overall water deficit, in ...
... or say, “This person was the one who committed the crime,” or “This person was the one who did it,” but the intellectual authors will remain with impunity. And this is one of the reasons why I feel like ...
... in the country and is now seen as an enemy of the current government. Pedro Landa himself has suffered harassment and threats for his activism around mining and protecting the environment. "For two reasons, ...
... granted legal protection to the fishermen and ordered the suspension of mining activities. The owners of CGN-PRONICO, a Russian-owned company based for tax reasons in the Swiss city of Zur, ignored the ...
... improvement of gold prizes in the international market. Still, these reasons raised several doubts among the Guatemalan population.
Guatemalan environmentalists believe that the closure of the Cerro ...
... similar reasons in the past,” stated Carla García Zendejas from the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL). In March of this year, the peaceful resistance ‘La Puya’ celebrated the seventh ...
... one of the many reasons why the Philippine government should tell OceanaGold to pack up and pay for the damages it has caused. In the words of President Duterte, "…consider your permit revoked." – Rappler.com ...
... he joined the long effort that was carried out 12 years El Salvador to resist the mining industry. These are the real reasons that should inspire all Christians, to make a commitment with the poorest and ...
... the following reasons: we do not know who has made it, it is signed by an entity that does not have a public face, and that makes us think that behind them is the private sector attempting to privatize ...
... and private users, with equal terms for all users and charging equal fees or fees for the use of water to all users regardless of whether for domestic or commercial consumption.
For these reasons, as ...
... also lamented the lack of jobs, which is one of the primary reasons artisanal miners, known as güiriseros, continue to work in the mountain and use dangerous chemicals without any form of government regulation. ...
... located in a mountain region with a rich biological diversity and a history of organized resistance that developed during the armed conflict in the 80s. Strong reasons for communities, local government ...
... arbitrary reasons” the lawyer tells us.
“But in the end, Pacific Rim/OceanaGold, has maintained that it has the automatic right to the concession even if they did not comply with the legal requisites, ...
... does not have the right conditions for this industry,” she explained.
In 2011, a Strategic Environmental Assessment concluded that mining was not feasible in El Salvador for four reasons: 95 per cent ...
... has established for security reasons in a town away from his community.
When he travels back to his community of La Maraña he needs to ensure that is safe to do so because supporters of the mining ...