... 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 ...
... 35 percent were brought by oil, gas, and mining firms and nearly 50 percent of all 169 suits were against Latin American governments. The trend with NAFTA suits is similar—over the last decade, the number ...
... ICSID, up from only 3 in 2000. About 35% were brought by oil, gas, and mining firms and nearly 50% of all 169 suits were against Latin American governments. The trend with NAFTA suits is similar. Over ...
... of using CSR approaches as the best means to address human rights abuses also raises serious questions about their effectiveness. In one of the largest EU-funded analysis of the CSR practiced by firms ...
... Salvador will be forced to hand over $300 million to a mining corporation for prioritizing community needs and clean water over a gold mine. London Review of Books:When Mining Firms Sue Pacific Rim is ...
... the agreements’ egregious rules that grant giant corporations unreasonable powers to subvert democracy. These rules, dubbed “investor rights” by the corporations, allow firms to sue governments over actions—including ...
... pass laws to protect consumers, workers, health, the environment and domestic firms with little threat of outside legal challenge from corporations. All that changed when corporations started acquiring ...
... economic, social and environmental reality of OceanaGold’s Didipio mine confirms the worst fears of the Salvadoran people and government,” said Dr. Robin Broad of American University in Washington, D.C. ...