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1. Collective reflections towards the UN Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations with respect to Human Rights: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... (HOMA), organized a side event on "Testimonies of Affected Communities: Collective reflections towards the UN Binding Treaty on Transnational Corporations with respect to Human Rights" Marta Rivas from ...; Created on 14 November 2017
2. A Binding Treaty about corporations can be an instrument to guarantee the respect of our rights and territories: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... of involvement of the society, this Binding Treaty will be an instrument to ensure that the communities will have access to it”, affirmed Vidalina. Moreover, she adds that “It will be essential that we ...; Created on 14 November 2017
3. URGENT COMMUNIQUE: To the people of Asuncion Mita, the national and international community: (Cerro Blanco); ... authorities in the licensing process. Moreover, the consultation is binding for the municipality according to the municipal autonomy principle established in the political constitution of the republic. ...; Created on 23 September 2022
4. The Cerro Blanco mine and the right to consultation: (Cerro Blanco); ... local municipal council is obliged to put a process in place to consult the population. At least 20% of the registered voters must participate in the referendum for it to be binding. From ...; Created on 22 September 2022
5. PRESS RELEASE: The municipal consultation on Cerro Blanco mine is valid and legitimate: (Cerro Blanco); ... different voting centers. The municipal code of Guatemala establishes that a municipal consultation is binding if 20% of the registered voters of the municipality participate. The Municipal Commission ...; Created on 21 September 2022
6. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... legislation exists which holds corporations accountable to their operations overseas.” For decades, advocates have been calling for legally-binding regulation of the industry and accountability for human ...; Created on 12 May 2021
7. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); Terra Justa The mining giant's activities in Latin America and how they demonstrate the need for a binding instrument on Business and Human Rights. In June 2020, a statement signed by more than 200 ...; Created on 22 April 2021
8. A Private Government in Honduras Moves Forward: (Mining and Human Rights); ... “Agreement of Coexistence,” a legally binding contract that residents must sign with the PZ government. Zone administrators tout this Agreement as a codification of the “social contract” assumed between ...; Created on 15 February 2021
9. A Canadian Mining Giant Is Quietly Ramping Up Work in New Zealand. Locals Are Worried: (OceanaGold); ... either because none of their environmental standards are binding, said Catherine Delahunty, the chairperson of Coromandel Watchdog and a former New Zealand Green MP. This year, Coromandel Watchdog took ...; Created on 17 December 2020
10. After trying to protect water sources, these Hondurans have been held without bail for more than a year.: (Mining and Human Rights); ... they were not consulted about the project before it started operating. They are worried that a legally binding plebiscite in November 2019 that overwhelmingly rejected mining in the region is not being ...; Created on 25 September 2020
11. Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining: (OceanaGold Philippines); ... Indigenous communities before any development takes place on ancestral lands. But the declaration is not legally binding, unless countries legislate it themselves. Against the backdrop of a pandemic—which ...; Created on 04 October 2019
12. In Guatemala, north american mining company sues in La Puya case: (Kappes Kassiday & Associates Guatemala ); ... other international investment agreements, gives transnational companies a binding resource to a perverse international arbitration system known as Investor Dispute Settlement - State-Investor State (ISDS). ...; Created on 18 September 2019
13. Letter of support for defenders of "La Puya" ...: (La Puya International Support Letter); ... agreements, gives transnational companies binding recourse to a perverse international arbitration system known as Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). ISDS claims are heard in tribunals such as ICSID ...; Created on 26 February 2019
14. Guatemalan court upholds Tahoe mine suspension: (Regional News); ... it is not necessary to obtain consent and that, instead, the result of the consultation is not binding,” Castro told CIM Magazine. “The licence is suspended, but once they fulfill the consultation requirement ...; Created on 16 September 2018
15. “Latin American Countries exposed to law suits from transnational comporations: Manuel Pérez Rocha: (Regional News); ... the aim of the campaign, as well as make progress towards a binding Business and Human Rights Treaty at the UN level" he stated. Republished from: https://www.diariocolatino.com/estados-latinoamericanos-expuestos-a-demandas-de-empresas-transnacionales-manuel-perez-rocha/ ...; Created on 10 May 2018
16. Central Americans Demand to be Consulted About Mining Projects: (Regional News); ... the consultation processes to be non-binding, and as a result do not take them into account. Before the Salvadoran legislature approved, in March 2017, a historic law prohibiting metal mining in all ...; Created on 09 May 2018
17. How El Salvador Won on Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... then in the opposition, adopted the same position. The draft legislation was a binding resolution, forcing the government to respond. In the lead up to the next presidential election, El Salvador’s rightwing, ...; Created on 07 May 2018
18. How Local, Grassroots Organizing Drove El Salvador’s Mining Ban: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... help of local organizations, used the community referendum process as a legally binding tool to take direct political action. Since 2014, five municipalities in key mining zones voted overwhelmingly to ...; Created on 26 June 2017
19. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... (PPT) in Geneva Switzerland in 2014 with the help of groups like the Transnational Institute and the Institute for Policy Studies. For Saul Baños, while the rulings of the PPT are not legally binding, ...; Created on 23 June 2017
20. Community of San Sebastian still endures Commerce Group’s legacy of contamination.: (Commerce Group); ... the Department of La Union. The visit was a follow up to the PDDH’s 2016 Special Report in which they laid out binding recommendations for the company and government institutions responsible for remediating ...; Created on 13 February 2017

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