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1. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... more accurately describes Canada – specifically Toronto – as “the belly of the beast.” It is the epicentre of the global mining industry, precisely because the systemic violence that plagues the industry ...; Created on 12 May 2021
2. El Salvador’s Historic Metal Mining Ban Is in Danger: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... which it was suing at the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) for denying Pacific Rim, a subsidiary of OceanaGold, an exploitation license in the northern Cabañas ...; Created on 06 April 2023
3. La Mesa releases a memoir of their collective struggle to ban mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes ICSID. The support of international organizations helped find technical deficiencies in the arguments of mining companies, and also helped ...; Created on 29 June 2021
4. Environmental activists are being killed in Honduras over their opposition to mining: (Regional News); ... who have opposed the mine have been killed, putting its owner, Inversiones Los Pinares, at the centre of a deadly environmental conflict in the mineral-rich Bajo Aguán region. Local communities are concerned ...; Created on 06 May 2021
5. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, a staunchly pro-business tribunal that adjudicates disputes between governments and foreign investors. Pacific Rim demanded that El Salvador either allow it ...; Created on 23 April 2021
6. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... The authors also emphasize the absurdity of institutions like the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Much of the tension in The Water Defenders stems from ...; Created on 11 April 2021
7. Mine reappears on list of suspects: Lead source inquiry welcomed: (OceanaGold); ... or fishing tackle in the catchment, or sampling or analytical errors. In a brief media session after a packed public meeting at the East Otago Events Centre on Wednesday, Mr Dyer said that the council ...; Created on 13 March 2021
8. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... new in the mining sector. Since the late 1990s, nearly 50 cases concerning mining concessions have been brought before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), one of ...; Created on 06 January 2021
9. 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
10. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); ... a government law or policy has harmed its investment. Peru “This is no doubt going to lead to six arbitration claims against us at ICSID [the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment ...; Created on 01 September 2020
11. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... legal grounds on which to operate its mine in Guatemala, KCA has slapped Guatemala with a US$350 million international arbitration claim at the World Bank´s International Centre for Settlement of Investment ...; Created on 03 May 2020
12. Global protest launched against OceanaGold mine in the Philippines: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... has supported the people of El Salvador in a gigantic battle that led to a defeat against OceanaGold mining corporation at the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) ...; Created on 02 September 2019
13. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... that has a central role in designing ISDS rules, third-party funding was one of several key issues under discussion. This comes several months after the International Centre for Settlement of Investment ...; Created on 05 May 2019
14. Over two hundred organizations denounce multimillion-dollar suit brought by U.S. mining firm against Guatemala: (Media Releases); ... affected by its project and the decision of the courts. The company filed the suit in December 2018 at the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) for alleged violations of the ...; Created on 04 May 2019
15. The Peaceful Resistance of La Puya fights for the right to water: (Regional News); ... criminalization, a win at the Guatemalan Supreme Court, and now a challenge at the Washington, D.C.–based World Bank Group's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. A timeline may ...; Created on 03 May 2019
16. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); ... released earlier this week by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), Digging for Dividends: The use and abuse of investor-state dispute settlement by Canadian investors abroad. Their report ...; Created on 03 May 2019
17. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... company brings a US$300 million arbitration claim against Guatemala to the World Bank´s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) over alleged violations of the Dominican Republic-Central ...; Created on 26 February 2019
18. ENDORSERS / SIGNATARIOS: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... for Peace & Democracy (Manipur) (INDIA) Center for Environmental Concerns-Philippines Centre for Research and Advocacy, Manipur (INDIA) Community Resource Centre Foundation (CRC)(THAILAND) JATAM ...; Created on 25 February 2019
19. Rural Communities’ Struggle Against US-Owned Mine Continues in Guatemalan Supreme Court: (Regional News); ... of CAFTA, which protects the rights of US based companies to their investments. The case then went before the little known International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) at the ...; Created on 27 August 2018
20. The international dimensions of the fight for water in El Salvador: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... to guarantee the rights of corporations over human well being and human rights. The multi million dollar law suits and similar threats faced by the Salvadoran state and people at the international Centre ...; Created on 02 July 2018

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