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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. PRESS RELEASE: The municipal consultation on Cerro Blanco mine is valid and legitimate: (Cerro Blanco); ... government promote regulations that guarantee mining-free borders with a shared basin approach and give priority to the negotiation of a Treaty of transboundary waters. We alert the international community ...; Created on 21 September 2022
4. Public statement of the Local Governments of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador, members of the Lempa River Trinational Border Association, regarding the “Cerro Blanco” mining project, developed by the ...: (Cerro Blanco); ... protection is the responsibility of each of the three states. 6. That within international law and particularly of the Treaty between the Republics of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras for the execution ...; Created on 12 June 2022
5. A New Environmentalist Playbook An improbable victory in El Salvador offers lessons for grassroots activists worldwide: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... an area larger than the Netherlands had burned. Another crucial factor is the role of international development institutions and treaty bodies, which regularly judge disputes involving foreign investors. ...; Created on 23 April 2021
6. Swiss mining transnational Glencore in the Andes: (General mining reports ); ... consultation on the Initiative on Corporate Responsibility carried out in Switzerland in November 2020, as well as an update on the negotiation process at the UN for a Binding Treaty on Business and Human ...; Created on 22 April 2021
7. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); JDSUPRA With a total of 54 cases filed, 2020 was a record year for cases filed under the ICSID Convention, and with a total of 72 treaty-based cases, an important year in general for Investor-State Arbitration. ...; 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. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... that the drafting of an arbitration clause is a multi-department process resting on both the contracting agency and the attorney general’s office. Interpretation of treaty provisions – or lack thereof ...; Created on 19 December 2020
10. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... dropped ISDS from their mandate for negotiations of a Free Trade Agreement, while there have been strong indications that a new Transatlantic Trade Treaty (TTIP) would not require ISDS given the “highly ...; Created on 03 May 2020
11. Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats: (Regional News); ... the 1994 bilateral investment agreement between Ecuador and China allows Chinese companies that invested prior to its cancellation to continue making use of the treaty for another 10 years, the grounds ...; Created on 03 May 2020
12. Marcelo's Legacy: The environmentalist who fought against metal mining in El Salvado: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... an issue, there more than 40 mining concessions in the borders with Honduras and Guatemala and no step has been taken to dialogue with other countries to make a cross border water treaty to ensure the ...; Created on 18 September 2019
13. “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
14. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Rights Commission also in 2014, and the case has been taken up by advocates for a Binding Treaty for business and human rights at the UN. For Baños, all of these actions were important for raising the ...; Created on 23 June 2017
15. EL SALVADOR’S WIN AGAINST THE US MINING COMPANY PACIFIC RIM: A VERY NUANCED VICTORY: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... on a binding international treaty regulating the responsibility of states (including the state of origin) and enterprises with regards to human rights is so relevant. The efforts made at the recent second ...; Created on 28 December 2016
16. NEW BOOK: Rethinking Bilateral Trade Agreements: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Studies. In 1959, Germany and Pakistan signed the first Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) in the world. Without knowing, they marked a new era as many countries have followed their example since ...; Created on 11 May 2016
17. CAFTA-DR Mostly constitutional: Constitutional chamber Rules in El Salvador: (FTAs & ISDS); ... treaty, 30 volumes and 2,500 pages, was ratified by 49 votes, 16 days after being released by the Ministry of Economy and was approved at an ordinary session of the Legislative Assembly that lasted 19 ...; Created on 31 May 2015
18. Save Our Water, End Investor Rights: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... its investment law to prevent future lawsuits by foreign investors. Brazil has never signed any treaty with ISDS provisions. Indonesia, South Africa, Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela are revisiting their ...; Created on 18 May 2015
19. El Salvador’s struggle against corporate impunity: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... to develop a binding treaty on the operations of Transnational corporations opens a window of opportunity to change that. Ecuador was a driving force behind the UNHRC resolution in part because its citizens ...; Created on 20 October 2014
20. Facing Goliath: CIEL lends David a (legal) hand: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... wielded by corporations that sue under ISDS – regardless of the validity of the case. The Council adopted a resolution in June that sets up a working group to negotiate a treaty on business and human rights ...; Created on 06 August 2014

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