Pac Rim CAFTA Challenge of Salvadoran Environmental, Mining Safety Policies Given Go-Ahead by Tribunal
August 3, 2010
Initial Win for Corporation in Trade Agreement Attack on Environmental Policy Poses ...
... began in March—under which state security forces have been accused of widespread human rights abuses—advocates in El Salvador and around the world fear for the men's safety.
As Yesenia Portillo, program ...
... national industrialization plan and a more robust environmental safety policy regime is in place to rationalize the management of our mineral resources,” Kalikasan PNE said.
Mining moratorium lifted ...
... for its part has only said that the purchase agreements between its subsidiary and the cooperatives are subject to a due diligence requirement that includes safety and the risk of child labor.
Bolivian ...
... to flee their communities in search of safety. We need a comprehensive plan of action, including sanctions, and halting the provision of U.S. security assistance and defense equipment to the Honduran police ...
... safety and security measures. Equinox Gold’s misrepresentation of the situation has only provoked further mistrust. It also heightens the potential for confrontation as the company, jumping the gun, begins ...
... by rich companies who the government helps to terrorize us,” said Sorto, 28. “Every day that passes we know less about him. He’s weak, he’s had Covid symptoms, we worry about his health and safety in the ...
... authorities of both countries, the protection measures have not guaranteed their safety," added the signatory organizations.
Freedom for defenders
The defenders of the Guapinol River, held in prison ...
... with Communities, Indigenous Peoples and Workers at risk from Mining Pandemic Profiteers”. These trends pose an immediate threat to the health and safety of communities and organizations that have been ...
... also claimed that Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore have themselves declared the Communist Party of the Philippines a terrorist organization. Canada’s public safety ministry ...
... of multinational corporations over the health, safety, and welfare of local populations,” wrote Zaunbreche.
Furthermore, Alexandra Pedersen argued in her August 2015 article for Telesur that mining that ...
... on the contrary, the international economic system is designed to shield corporations from the responsibility of systemically violating the rights to life, health, environment, safety, work, environmental ...
... equivalent to three years of the Salvadoran national health, education and public safety budgets combined.
Delivering the message – Making it emblematic
A clear, evidence-based narrative is only as powerful ...
... rules or regulations. In fact, OceanaGold has a successful track record of operating for 27 years in accordance with Australian and Canadian standards on health, safety, environment, community and sustainability ...
... health and safety. A number of such cases brought against Latin American countries at the tribunal involve disputes over mines or oil and gas deposits.
“It is an arbitration mechanism that was set up ...
... instructed the Salvadoran government to ensure the safety and security of environmental activists, death threats and other acts of intimidation have continued to occur over the years: journalists from ...
... ceased in 2011, mainly due to local and international pressure and the intervention of the Inter American Commission on Human Rights which instructed the Salvadoran government to ensure the safety and ...
... Pacific Rim sued El Salvador after a 2009 announcement by the Salvadoran government that it would not issue metal mining permits due to the risk it poses to the safety of water supplies. According to the ...
... issues related to the economy, public safety, and corruption of previous governments have dominated the public debate, while critical environmental issues affecting thousands of communities and millions ...
... d ) Ensure the physical safety of those who openly and peacefully manifest the defense of life and our natural resources . e) Enforce ILO Convention 169 and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous ...