... on its commitment to create an office of an independent ombudsperson that would be able to investigate allegations of abuse at Canadian mine sites and get redress for communities harmed by Canadian mining ...
... Office and others.
In the letter, organizations argue that the suit “represents a further attack on Guatemala’s judicial system.” They point to mounting pressure on the Constitutional Court from President ...
... to a binational commission composed of representatives of the Offices for the Defense of Human Rights of El Salvador and Guatemala, who had asked for permission to verify the activities of the mine.
Mining ...
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Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
INTERNATIONAL
Alianza Centroamericana Frente a la Minería (ACAFREMIN)
Asia Pacific Network of Environment Defenders (APNED)
CIDSE
Focus on the ...
... After protests were repressed, the government finally canceled the project. However, the Prosecutor’s Office of Puno initiated criminal proceedings against the main spokespersons, which led to the conviction ...
... Tribunal, to declare the country on the verge of water stress, meaning insufficient water resources to meet human demand. Confirming this view, a study by the Office of the Ombudsperson for the Defense ...
... San José del Golfo. A week later, on June 6, the Public Ministry launched a series of raids against the company offices as part of their investigation. The investigators located 76 bags of concentrate ...
... Salvador became the first country in history to ban metal mining.
A hand stitched depiction of community organization against mining in Cabañas, hanging in the Radio Victoria office. (Photo ...
... of multilateral institutions designed to guarantee their profits at the expense of the common good.
Milagro Guevara, Adjunct Ombudswoman for the Environment from the Office for Defence of Human Rights, ...