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Sri Lanka: NAFSO releases a report on the reality of displaced people in Jaffna District

The National Fisheries Solidarity Movement (NAFSO) of Sri Lanka, together with Internally Displaced People (IDP) of Jaffna, have released the report...

Belo Monte Noncompliant with Conditions for Operation, says Environmental Authority

In their technical analysis of the Belo Monte Dam released yesterday, the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA...

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...

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...

International meeting in Uruguay to advance Women's ESCR related to land and resources

From 26 to 28 August, 2015, the Women and ESCR Working Group held an international strategy meeting to promote women's ESCR in Montevideo, Uruguay. The meeting – “Advancing Women’s ESCR: Alternative Visions of Development, Land and Property Rights”...

Guatemala: Guarantee a fair trial for detained community leaders and human rights defenders

On 19 August, ESCR-Net sent a letter to the Government of Guatemala to underscore its concern about the criminalization of a...

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...

FIAN launched a new monitoring tool on the rights to land and other natural resources of marginalized social groups

In response to the recent wave of land grabbing and plundering, the concentration of land and water in the hands of a few powerful entities, as well as the growing privatization and commoditization of nature, FIAN International has...

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...

Manila Bay Reclamation Project

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