... institutions trusted to promote and oversee the protection of human rights to monitor the dire situation of violence faced by human rights defenders in the region.
As member organizations and allies ...
... firm OceanaGold has its headquarters, the Maritime Union of Australia has been holding monthly rallies outside its office ever since the company acquired the El Dorado mining project in 2013.
“We won’t ...
... of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Both cases were defeated by the Government´s legal team with support from allies in the international community.
Pacific Rim also engaged in high level lobbying of national ...
... International Allies.
"The most important victory this year is the approval of the Prohibition of Metal Mining Law, a fight that took place for more than 12 years, which transcended from local communities ...
... mining and stop projects that affect the environment which represents one of the greatest achievements of its communities.
On the other hand, Pedro Cabezas, representative of the International Allies, ...
... settlement provisions of international trade agreements and foreign investment laws. This case dragged on for seven years and should never have taken place.
Given this ruling, we support our allies in ...
... allies, includ-ing the archbishop of El Salvador, head of the country’s conservative Catholic Church.
Effective opposition kept Pacific Rim from meeting the regulatory requirements to obtain the permits ...
... around the mines.4
Community groups linked together across El Salvador and found allies in the Catholic Church and in groups in the capital city of San Salvador that worked on human rights and development. ...
... (FESPAD) – all three are member organisations of the National Roundtable against Metallic Mining in El Salvador (Pedro Cabezas was also communications coordinator for the International Allies); Manuel ...
... Allies Against Mining in El Salvador, a key organizing and solidarity group.
Over the past three years, Cabezas has worked within local networks to organize municipal referendums on mining. In community ...
... metallic mining.
The people of El Salvador and their international allies against irresponsible mining are celebrating a historic victory. After a long battle against global mining companies that were ...
... for the loss of potential profits (it is the equivalent of 1 per cent of the country’s GDP), it is important to analyse the outcome with care.
Pyrrhic victory
The stance taken by the International Allies ...
... of Cabañas, frequently traveling to the capital to lobby policymakers and rally their allies, and keeping up the drumbeat through the press, including community radio. They also traveled internationally ...
... countries, which came together in 2009 as International Allies, praised the communities in El Salvador that have opposed the mining company and have rallied the Salvadoran public and government to oppose ...
... of the National Roundtable Against Mining in El Salvador. “We have asked our allies around the world to denounce the ICSID for pandering to corporate interests and to remind the company that mining-affected ...
... people’s opposition both in its host and home countries.
In the WSF workshop, Mr. Pedro Cabezas of the International Allies to Stop Mining in El Salvador discussed how the El Salvadoran people came together ...
By: P. Cabezas
Anti-mining activists in el Salvador and their allies in the US and Australia demanded on April 28th that de International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, ICSID, release ...
By: P. Cabezas
Anti-mining activists in el Salvador and their allies in the US and Australia demanded on April 28th that de International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, ICSID, release ...
International Allies Against Mining in El Salvador: We are a group of organisations from Australia Canada, Europe and the U.S. that support the Salvadoran people's demand for sovereignty, the right to water ...
... population organized itself in various NGOs that have counted on the support of international NGOs and of international friends and allies that have stood by the people in this fight” remarks Parada.
Jennifer ...