... of the world’s mining companies are headquartered in Canada. It would be an understatement to say that the country’s political climate is favourable. Sydney Lang from the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network ...
... mine in Guatemala. The suit was brought by York University law professor and co-founder of the Justice & Corporate Accountability Project (JCAP), Shin Imai, who first sought the information through access-to-information ...
... obvious explanation for this failure. As a report by the Justice and Corporate Accountability Project has revealed, the country’s two main mining industry associations played a significant part in shaping ...
... from the Canadian government.
A call for justice The conflict in Tocoa has increasingly gained the attention and support of the United Nations, particularly the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner ...
... very good background and history of the Cerro Blanco mine can be found on the Environmental Justice Atlas website, here, EJAtlas – Cerro Blanco. There is information in both English and Spanish and, though ...
... these injustices take on a new urgency. Our future standard of living—even for those in wealthy areas like, say, Texas or California—is now tied to our collective ability to conserve some environmental ...
... operations are reported. In November 2020, the Peruvian research outlet Ojo Público published a report entitled: “The lead poisoned children of Cerro de Pasco expect justice“, based on a field investigation ...
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- Mauricio Oliva, President of the Congress of the Republic secretariacnhn@gmail.com
- Rolando Argueta, President of the Supreme Court of Justice arguetarolando1@yahoo.com
presidencia@poderjudicial.gob.hn ...
... of human rights abuse at its mine in Guatemala.
The lawsuit, filed by Shin Imai, York University law professor and co-founder of the Justice & Corporate Accountability Project (JCAP), is supported by ...
... of Residency make it likely that some Hondurans who work in the zone will be relegated to a non-Resident underclass.
Justice System
The Agreement of Coexistence also upholds the Resident Bill of Rights, ...
... other big wins too. The water defenders of El Salvador and their international partners provide a powerful guidebook, poignantly retold by Broad and Cavanagh, of how the struggles for justice in the United ...
... councils. The Community Association of Santa Eduviges (ACSE) in Soyapango requested that the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) issue special protective measures in response to efforts to steal the community’s ...
... Award in 2015.
Tilly Metz, a Luxemburgish member of the Greens/EFA group, described the hard times human rights activists are having in Honduras. “These are two symbolic cases showing injustice and impunity ...
... Jesuit-sponsored Radio Progreso. He is one of the men expected back in court this month. “But there’s injustice in this country. Laws are applied to [human rights] defenders, to the victims, to the people ...
... of measure should be applied. Despite a writ being filed with the President of the Supreme Court of Justice asking for these measures to be considered for the ‘Guapinol 8’, there was no success.
Trócaire ...
... to defend the public and common goods of Honduras," said Attorney Edy Tábora, from the Justice for the People's Law Firm and a member of the legal defense team. "This case is not just about Guapinol. This ...
... Environmental Justice Atlas. The Los Filos full-cycle mining complex, which includes two open-pit pits, an underground extraction tunnel, and a 400-hectare leachate yard, is located in the area. Equinox ...
... journalists, social communicators and justice operators, while 101 Colombian organizations joined in making the same call to their leaders.
Colombia and Honduras are considered two of the most dangerous ...
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On July 11th, environmental justice activists in El Salvador commemorated the 11th anniversary of the 2009 assassination of Marcelo Rivera, a community cultural activist and water defender ...
... has to do with the right of access to (public) information, citizen participation and access to justice in environmental matters and the creation of mechanisms for the protection of human rights defenders ...