Human Rights and Extractive Sector Case Studies-2005

Summary of Cases with Links on the Extractive Industry and Human Rights

Submitted to the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Human Rights and Business Expert Meeting on Human Rights and the Extractive Industry, Geneva, 10-11November 2005

The ESCR-Net Corporate Accountability Working Group assembled this set of case studies for the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General on Human Rights and Business, Professor John Ruggie, as a contribution to the Expert Meeting on Human Rights and the Extractive Industry on 10-11 November 2005.  The case studies and associated materials were contributed by the organizations listed below.

The Joint NGO Submission was drafted by the ESCR-Net Corporate Accountability Working Group, incorporating comments and input from the following individuals and organizations: Tricia Feeney (RAID), Hubert Tshiswaka (ACIDH), Alessandra Masci (Amnesty International), Legborsi Pyagbara (MOSOP), Chris Newsom (Stakeholder Democracy), Bill Van Esveld (International Human Rights Clinic, New York University School of Law), Nick Hildyard (The Corner House), Lillian Manzella (EarthRights International), Joji Cariño (Tebtebba Foundation), Ingrid Gorre (LRC-KsK), Mario Melo and Juana Sotomayor (Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales), Ute Hausmann (FIAN), Elisabeth Strohscheidt (Miseror), Fraser Reilly-King (Halifax Initiative Coalition), Ravi Rebbapragada and Sreedhar Ramamurthi (mm&P), Roger Moody (Mines and Communities), Gavin Hayman (Global Witness), Daniel Owusu-Koranteng (WACAM), Joris Oldenziel (SOMO/ OECD-Watch), Daria Caliguire and Chris Grove (ESCR-Net Secretariat).  We are particularly grateful to Tricia Feeney, co-coordinator of this Working Group and Director of Rights and Accountability In Development (RAID), for her leadership in drafting this Joint NGO Submission.

We encourage you to read the Joint NGO Submission and its Next Steps which are based on the case studies and background materials below.  The case studies are listed by place, company, specific industry, and contributing organization, along with links to materials available electronically.  For copies of other materials, we encourage you to contact the organizations directly or to send an email to nlusiani@escr-net.org.
 

1. Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo: Anvil Mining (Australia) - copper (Rights and Accountability In Development-RAID and    Action Contre l’Impunité pour les Droits Humains-ACIDH)

  • Kilwa – A Year after the Massacre of October 2004 (Revised Joint Report in English) (ACIDH-RAID, 15 October 2005
  • Unanswered Questions: companies, conflict and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (RAID, May 2004)

 

2. Niger Delta, Nigeria: Chevron Oil Co. (US) and Shell - petroleum (Amnesty International and Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People - MOSOP)

 

3. Sudan: Talisman Energy Inc. (Canada), China National Petroleum Company, Petronas (Malaysia), Sudapet Limited (Sudan), Lundin Oil AB (Sweden), OMV (Austria), Gulf Petroleum

    Company (Qatar), TotalFinaElf, and formerly Chevron Oil Co. (US) and Arakis Energy Co. (Canada) - petroleum (Human Rights Watch)

 

4. BTC Pipeline, Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey: British Petroleum (The Corner House)

  • BP, The Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan Pipeline and the UN Norms (The Corner House, November 2005)

 

5. Yadana and Yetagun Pipelines, Burma: Unocal, TotalFinaElf, Petronas (Malaysia) – natural gas (EarthRights International)

  • Overview of Yadana and Yetagun Pipelines Case and Recommendations (EarthRights International, October 2005)
  • Total Denial Continues (EarthRights International, 2003)
  • Fueling Abuse: Unocal, Premier, and TotalFinaElf’s Gas Pipelines in Burma (EarthRights International, 2003)
  • Capitalizing on Conflict: How Logging and Mining Contribute to Environmental Destruction in Burma (EarthRights International with Karen Environmental and Social Action Network, 2003)
  • Destructive Engagement: A Decade of Foreign Investment in Burma (Tyler Giannini, EarthRights International, October 1999)
  • Entrenched: An Investigative Report on the Systematic Use of Forced Labor by the Burmese Army in a Rural Village (EarthRights International, 2003)
  • Entrenched Supplement: Interviews for Report on Forced Labor in Burma (EarthRights International, 2003)
  • Halliburton’s Destructive Engagement (EarthRights International, 2000)
  • ILO Submission: Forced Labor Continues in Burma (March-September 2003) (EarthRights International, November 2003)
  • More of the Same: Forced Labor Continues in Burma (October 2000-September 2001) (EarthRights International, October 2001)
  • More of the Same Supplemental Report: Forced Labor Along the Yadana and Yetagun Pipelines (EarthRights International, October 2001)
  • Summary Judgement of the US District Court for the Central District of Califormia, 2000, in Plaintiffs v. Unocal Corp, et al.
  • Total Denial (EarthRights International, 1996)
  • US Appellate Court for the Ninth District Decision, 2002, in Plaintiffs v. Unocal Corp, et al.
  • We Are Not Free to Work for Ourselves: Forced Labor and Other Human Rights Abuses in Burma (January 2002-May 2002) (EarthRights International, June 2002)

 

6. Canatuan (a Subanon village), Siocon Municipality, Zamboanga del Norte, Mindanao Island, Philippines: TVI Mining (Canada) - gold (Tebtebba Foundation, PIPLinks, Christian Aid, 

    Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center, Inc.-Kasama Sa Kaliksan—LRC-KsK), including ‘Extracting Promises’ as a separate contribution

  • Breaking Promises, Making Profits: Mining in the Philippines (Christian Aid and PIPLinks, December 2004)
  • Philippines Indigenous Peoples’ Links (PIPLinks) Website has a number of updates on the case at: http://www.piplinks.org/development_issues/mines_quarries.htm.
  • Mining in Developing Countries – Corporate Social Responsibility: The Government’s Response to the Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, October 2005)
  • Unmasking the Secrets of TVI Resource Development Corporation (Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-KsK/Friends of the Earth-Philippines, 20 June 2005)
  • Hear no evil, see no evil, Philippine Government turning a blind eye (Ingrid Gorre, LRC-KsK’s Tanawan, Vol. 6, No. 2, July-September 2003)

 

7. Kichwa de Sarayaku, Ecuador: Compañía General de Combustible (Argentina) y Burlington (EEUU) – petroleum (Centro de Derechos Económicos y Sociales - CDES)

  • Resumen del Caso Sarayaku (CDES, 2005)
  • Síntesis cronológica de la situación del pueblo Kichwa de Sarayaku en torno a la violación de sus derechos humanos (CDES, Agosto 2004)
  • El Caso Sarayaku y los Derechos Humanos: ¿Porqué Sarayaku se va constituyendo en un Caso Emblemático de Exigibilidad de Derechos a nivel internacional? (Mario Melo, CDES, Agosto 2004)
  • Medidas Provisionales Solicitadas por la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos Respecto de la República del Ecuador: Caso Pueblo Indígena de Sarayaku (Resolución de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, 6 de Julio de 2004)
  • Medidas Provisionales: Caso Pueblo Indígena de Sarayaku (Resolución de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, 17 de Junio de 2005)

 

8. Marlin Mine, San Marcos, Guatemala: Glamis Gold (Canada) - gold (FIAN International/Misereor, Halifax Initiative Coalition)

 

9. Lanjigarh Mine, Karlapat, Orissa, India: Vedanta/Sterilite (United Kingdom) – bauxite mine and alumina refinery (Mines, Minerals and People-mm&P)

 

10. Konkola Copper Mines, Zambia: Anglo American Plc./ VEDANTA Resources Plc. – copper  (Miseror and partners)

  • Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in the Extractive Industry in Zambia (J. Lungu and C. Mulenga for the Catholic Commisison for Justice Development and Peace-CCJDP, the Development Education Community Project-DECOP, and the Zambia Congress of Trade Unions; 2005)
  • Limitations of Corporate Social Responsibility on Zambia’s Copper Belt (Tricia Feeney, RAID, November 2001)
  • Anglo American plc: Adherence to the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises in respect of its operation in Zambia (Submission to the UK National Contact Point) (RAID and Afronet, November 2001)

 

11. Grasberg Mine, Papua, Indonesia: Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. (Global Witness)

 

12. Prestea, Himan, and Dumase Mines, Ghana: Bogoso Gold Limited (Wassa Association of Communities Affected by Mining-WACAM)

  • Statement by WACAM on the cyanide spillage by Bogoso Gold Ltd. (WACAM, 23 October 2004)
  • WACAM Condemns the Shooting of Peaceful Demonstration by the Military and Police in Prestea (WACAM, 22 June 2005)
  • Press Statement of the Prestea Concerned Citizens Association Presented at a Press Conference Organized by the Association with the Support of WACAM at the International Press Centre (Prestea CCA and WACAM, 25 August 2005)
  • Joint Statement by WACAM and the Concerned Citizens Assocation of Prestea on the Suspension of Mining Operations by Bogoso Gold Limited (WACAM and Prestea CCA, 3 October 2005)
  • Statement by WACAM on the Commencemnt of Mining Operations by Bogoso Gold Limited (WACAM,  2 November 2005)

 

Primarily due to the timeframe leading up to the Expert Meeting on the Extractive Industry, we have only highlighted a limited number of cases.  However, many other cases related to the extractive industry also deserve attention.  As two further sources, we would recommend the cases highlighted during the World Bank Extractive Industries Review, particularly those contained in the report commissioned from Tebtebba Foundation and Forest Peoples Programme, which includes seven case studies looking particularly at Indigenous Peoples’ Rights:

 

  • Extracting Promises: Indigenous Peoples, Extractive Industries, and the World Bank (2003)

 

Secondly, we would recommend looking at complaints made to OECD National Contact Points from 2001-2005, related to the extractive industry.  These complaints are outlined in Annex 2 of the Joint NGO Submission: OECD Guidelines Cases Related to the Extractive Industries (Oil, Gas, Mining) filed by NGOs.

 

  • OECD Guidelines Cases Related to the Extractive Industries (Oil, Gas, Mining) filed by NGOs