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Canadian Mining Puts Lives and Democracy at Risk in the Americas

MiningWatch Canada and the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group released a report  that squarely links Canadian mining interests throughout the Americas with...

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Belo Monte Operating License can not be granted without guarantee of rights

According to the Brazilian Platform of Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Human Rights (DhESCA Brazil), the National Council of Human Rights (CNDH) has...

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The Consejo de Pueblos Wuxhtaj denounces new assault on indigenous peoples

In a statement released on August 6, 2015, the Consejo del Pueblo Wuxhtaj (CPW) of Guatemala denounced what is tantamount to a new assault on the Wuxhtaj people as a result of activities advancing hydroelectric projects.

In March of this...

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Otros Mundos Chiapas denounces mining concessions in protected natural areas of Mexico

ESCR-Net member Otros Mundos Chiapas dennounced the proliferation of mining concessions in Mexican...

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International talks on a treaty on business & human rights: A good start to a bumpy road

by Carlos Lopez, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ).

The first session of the intergovernmental body was a good start, but the level of participation and debates needs to improve if...

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Church sends a strong signal of support for communities affected by mining, and for work towards effective response

Iglesias y Minería’ Press Release 17/07/2015.

Today, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace will welcome about thirty representatives of communities...

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Manila Bay Reclamation Project

Please download the full report here. Also available in Spanish ...

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Liberia: Conflict and human rights issues in a post conflict environment

Liberia is ‘back in business’. The Ebola outbreak left the country’s economy badly dented. But since the country was declared Ebola free on 9 May 2015, the government has been actively promoting private sector investment again. The first trade missions to the country...

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Brazil: National Human Rights Council verifies violations caused by Belo Monte

At request of Movimento dos Atingidos por Barragems (MAB), a group of the National Human Rights Council were in Altamira last week to prove the allegations of rights violations that are occurring with the...

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Natural resources sector: UN expert calls for binding human rights treaty for corporations

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, called for a new treaty binding businesses to respect fundamental human rights, and...

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Regulatory initiatives on business & human rights: Where are the victims? By Surya Deva

The ‘scope’ of a binding treaty on business & human rights should be determined with reference to how it could empower victims in strengthening corporate accountability.

Controlling the propensity of...

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Bolivia: 15 Years After the Cochabamba Water Revolt, Echoes in New Cases of Corporate Abuse

The Democracy Center remember the victory of the people of Cochabamba, Bolivia, in their now-famous showdown with one of the most powerful multinational corporations in the world

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