A BRIEF CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL SUIT OF PACIFIC RIM MINING COMPANY AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR
Andrés McKinley, Oxfam America
06/09
Metallic mining in Central America:
In the ...
... mining industry puts even more pressure on the country’s water supplies. In 2013, Oxfam warned that the “development of large-scale metallic mining [in El Salvador] would further contribute to the deficiency ...
... to an Oxfam America study, Dirty Metals, "When it comes to toxic emissions, metal mining is one of the leading industries."
Given this reality, broad based social coalitions, together with the Catholic ...
... for Human Rights, Oxfam and the Canadian Peace Brigades.
Under the Geneva Convention rules, the international community should condemn the state’s violence against environmental defenders and accept ...
... to suspend its operations.”
A 2007 report by Oxfam Australia’s mining ombudsman reported allegations that OceanaGold had benefited from the forceful acquisition of the Didipio land. The Philippine Commission ...
... Rights Watch, Oxfam, the United Nations and countless others have detailed environmental and human rights abuses. Those include targeted assassinations, gang rape, violence against unarmed protesters, ...
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Groups such as the Institute for Policy Studies, MiningWatch Canada, Friends of the Earth, Oxfam, and others created a network called “International Allies” and began protests outside the World Bank to ...
... powerful.
Working with international civil society experts, such as the Center for International Environmental Law, the Institute for Policy Studies, Mining Watch, and Oxfam, as well as academics from ...
... Mesoamericano contra el Modelo extractivo Minero, Regional
OXFAM
The Rules Network
Plataforma Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Democracia y Desarrollo (PIDHDD), Regional
Servicio Internacional Cristiano ...
... Slack of Oxfam America.
"At a time of water scarcity, it is unconscionable for the global trade and investment regime to deny governments of water-stressed countries like El Salvador the policy space to ...
D. Kingsbury 2014, OXFAM Australia
This report examines the issues of the El Dorado gold mine project, and past and potential future impacts that has and already had on the Salvadoran environment, society ...
Oxfam
This assessment conducted by Oxfam discusses the social, environmental and economic costs of metals mining in Central America. The prices of metals are very unstable and mining practices produce ...
Earthworks and Oxfam America
Mining has harmful effects on communities and their surrounding environment. Open-pit mines cause environmental destruction by deforestation and leaching harmful chemicals ...
... fishing would be affected as a result of mining projects in their municipalities.
For IUDOP, UCA and OXFAM authorities the poll confirms the widespread disagreement of the communities facing possible ...
... the publication of a study on the impact of OceanaGold in El Salvador along with Oxfam Australia.
“Australia should stop funding the World Bank if it won’t cut ties to ICSID,” said Paddy Crumlin, ...
... can sue governments when corporations feel their future profits are being threatened by government actions. OXFAM: Salvadorans rally at the World Bank to celebrate independence Salvadoran communities ...
... OXFAM: Salvadorans rally at the World Bank to celebrate independence Salvadoran communities living in the DC area celebrated the 193rd anniversary of independence of El Salvador in front of the World ...
... Ontario, Canada
Xiomara Gaitan RENACAMIH, Honduras
Meredith DeFrancesco Sister Cities, US
Mike Helms OXFAM America, US
Chris Hufstader OXFAM America, US ...
... Vergara, a community leader at Oxfam America, one of the organisers of the protest.
The protesters, some from El Salvador, waived signs that read saying “Water is worth more than gold” and “Water is ...
$301 million and the health of El Salvador’s rivers and people are riding on World Bank arbitration next week.
Alex Blair, OXFAM America
Next week in Washington DC, right along Pennsylvania Avenue, ...