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1. New Report: Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: Countering Kappes, Cassiday & Associates’ Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala: (Regional News); ... Claims over a Gold-mining Project in Guatemala, examines Kappes, Cassiday & Associates (KCA) attempt to strong-arm the Guatemalan government through international arbitration into green-lighting the unwanted ...; Created on 24 August 2020
2. In Guatemala, Harris Should Address U.S. Policies That Put Corporations Over People: (Mining and Human Rights); ... the Guatemalan government. In addition to claims regarding government security, KCA is also retaliating against the court’s decision suspending the mine. The company argues that it is being discriminated ...; Created on 07 June 2021
3. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... an international coalition—paid off at critical moments. In October 2016, the World Bank tribunal where their international partners held protests dismissed the mining company’s claims. Five months later, ...; Created on 23 April 2021
4. ‘Complete turnaround’: Philippines’ Duterte lifts ban on new mining permits: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... That same month, Duterte lifted an oil exploration moratorium in what the Philippine government calls the West Philippine Sea, an area it claims in the South China Sea. These government decisions boosted ...; Created on 15 April 2021
5. El Salvador’s Water Defenders and the Fight Against Toxic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... such as this one, quoted in relation to the water defenders’ refutations of the miners’ claims about job creation: “The water defenders may not have had PhDs in economics, but they certainly had done their ...; Created on 11 April 2021
6. Canadian Mining Companies Are Devastating The Global South: (Mining and Human Rights); ... risks of the mine, began regular protests and strikes in 2013 while the project was still in planning, leading to conflicts with the police. In January 2018, Tahoe denied claims from local activists and ...; Created on 21 January 2021
7. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... 1. A Wave of Cases Against Latin American States Last year saw a wave of cases against Latin American states, driven in particular, but not exclusively, by a large number of claims filed against Peru, ...; Created on 21 January 2021
8. Disputes against governments under investment treaties: a growing trend in the mining industry in 2020: (ISDS); ... we first briefly explain what protection under an investment treaty involves before analysing the rise of investment claims in the mining sector in 2020 and its likely continued rise in 2021 and beyond. ...; Created on 06 January 2021
9. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... the moment, Canada has an ombudsperson role, introduced last year, that reviews claims of human and environmental rights abuses by mining and oil and gas companies. But it doesn’t have the authority to ...; Created on 17 December 2020
10. Mining Injustice Through International Arbitration: (ISDS); ... report exposes the misrepresentations and omissions in KCA’s claims to the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), while highlighting the inherent injustice in the supranational ...; Created on 21 October 2020
11. More ISDS cases launched against Latin American states amid the COVID-19 pandemic: (ISDS); ... for investment arbitration due to the surge in claims that will arise from it or whether, conversely, it will be a final sweep of the sword by discouraging states from including this dispute resolution ...; Created on 01 September 2020
12. Corporate Lawsuits Could Devastate Poor Countries Grappling with COVID-19: (FTAs & ISDS); ... from such claims. “While the future remains uncertain,” states Aceris Law, an international arbitration law firm, “the response to the Covid-19 pandemic is likely to violate various protections provided ...; Created on 23 July 2020
13. Anglo American responses to AGM queries raise more questions than they answer: (Mining and Human Rights); ... later conflicts? Despite Anglo American’s claims that the inspections carried out under Participatory Environmental Monitoring for 5 years suggest that Quellaveco does not have negative effects on the ...; Created on 22 July 2020
14. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... and the United States) puts new limitations on investor claims. For example, claims cannot be made for indirect expropriation, which is used by companies to get “compensated” for profits it expected to ...; Created on 03 May 2020
15. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... In response, the Didipio community, backed by the local government, set up a barricade the following month to block access into the mine. OceanaGold claims it suspended operations in October 2019, but ...; Created on 04 October 2019
16. ATM Statement re OGPI FTAA renewal: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... in 2016 ordered by former DENR Sec. Gina Lopez. A new hydrology impact study should have also been submitted by OGPI to dispel the claims of the LGU that te water supply has been severely reduced due ...; Created on 26 September 2019
17. US mining company demands $3.5 billion dollars from the Mexican government for stopping project: (FTAs & ISDS); ... including that of another US mining company that claims 500 million dollars because municipal development and environment programs slowed the installation of a mine in Quintana Roo. The amount of this ...; Created on 24 September 2019
18. In Guatemala, north american mining company sues in La Puya case: (Kappes Kassiday & Associates Guatemala ); ... English). ISDS claims are heard in courts such as ICSID and have been widely condemned for privileging corporate interests to the detriment of local communities and the environment. This mechanism allows ...; Created on 18 September 2019
19. Canadian mining companies are behaving badly in the Global South—and Wall Street is profiting from it: (FTAs & ISDS); ... Court to protect wetlands that are the source of the country’s precious freshwater have triggered a spate of ISDS claims under the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. These, and similar cases, have sparked ...; Created on 05 May 2019
20. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); We analyzed 38 multi-million dollar claims brought by the mining industry using ISDS and other investment protection laws; in over half, communities are fighting to protect Indigenous territory, water, ...; Created on 03 May 2019

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