... to the international level- But we have pending challenges from of the mining prohibition in terms of compensation for the victims of violations of human rights and justice for the families of those environmental ...
... and private users, with equal terms for all users and charging equal fees or fees for the use of water to all users regardless of whether for domestic or commercial consumption.
For these reasons, as ...
... was then translated into terms understandable to non-experts by making the connection very clear between the trade and investment regime and the issues that directly affect people’s lives – such as water ...
... terms, that in order to protect lives and the environment in El Salvador, the Legislative Assembly must prohibit all mining operations.
FMLN Representative Guillermo Mata, president of the Legislative ...
... thought to be beneficial for the investor and the host state in terms of economic growth, increased foreign investment and development, many host states have suffered negative consequences instead of benefiting ...
... its terms expires in April 2015.
The campaign has managed to pick up high profile endorsements including the President of the Republic, Salvador Sanchez Ceren, the Minister of the Environment Lina ...
... related to the extraction of natural resources had been made more difficult by what their report terms an “institutionalised impunity”, since those responsible often have “significant control over the ...
by Robin Broad
First published in: http://triplecrisis.com/buzzwords-responsible-mining/#more-8529 Buzzwords and Fuzzwords - terms that became popular but mean vastly different things to different ...
... and International Trade Canada website, "currently, trade in services and investment is modest and is not likely to increase in a significant manner, in absolute terms, as a result of the FTA." This makes ...
... reports that name El Salvador as the most vulnerable country in terms of availability of potable water as well as the highest level of vulnerability to natural disasters.
In 2009, the Salvadoran government ...
... the responsibility to the next administration in terms of making the final decision on the issue. After looking at the time frame established by the bill, it becomes clear that any analysis and decisions ...
... pacts have been stuffed with special-interest terms that empower corporate attacks on basic democratic public interest policymaking at home and abroad.”
The Institute for Policy Studies released their ...
... to start an “open-pit” gold mine, has launched a $77 million claim against El Salvador. Under the terms of CAFTA, such legal disputes are settled by secretive international arbitration panels composed ...
... for a mining ban, and claimed they would vote in favor, even though GANA as a party had not given an official stance. It is doubtful that those candidates will now be able to make such claims.
In terms ...
... America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) will fuel demands by many in Congress that the Obama administration alter the foreign investor terms in three North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)-style trade ...
... to their private enforcement. Tribunals have ordered over $200 million in payments to investors under similar terms in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
For the rest of this briefing ...
... on water resources without presenting any factual basis for this claim.
The process of consultation with affected communities was clearly lacking in terms of levels of participation and transparency. ...
... (EITI). We were among the first countries to meet the requirements of the 2013 EITI Standard. However, not much has happened in terms of progress of the initiative in the country since then. EITI is not ...