Wednesday, June 11, 2014 Repeat of 2009’s Gross Human Rights Violations Follow Failed Resettlement Negotiations (Ottawa) In a pre-dawn raid…
International opinion tribunal condemns Canadian mining companies: Witnesses testify to systematic human rights violations in Latin America
Written by Igor Sadikov | Visual by Tamim Sujat | The McGill Daily News | June 6th, 2014 The first…
Mining and Colonialism in Brazil’s Giant Carajás Project
Escrito por Raúl Zibechi | 31 / May / 2014 Started during the military dictatorship, the Carajás Project has, in…
Clashes as Guatemalan communities fight mine
By Nina Lakhani San Rafael las Flores, Guatemala The Escobal silver mine is located in Guatemala’s agricultural heartland On the…
Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal: Session on the Canadian Mining Industry in Latin America
May 30 – Jun 1, 2014, Montreal, Québec Preliminary Verdict (Excerpt) This document is part of the preliminary verdict that…
Zambian villagers ‘hindering development’ by resisting Canadian mining company?
By Darlene Miller, Dimuna Phiri, Caesar Katebe, Gillian Kerchhoff , Mahongo Mazeze, Genevieve Musongole on 25 Apr 2014 Recently a…
The resource curse of corporate social responsibility: The case of Rio Tinto
Corporate social responsibility (CSR), the vague term used to describe the voluntary self-regulation undertaken by companies to promote positive socio-economic…
Time to counter human rights abuses by Canada’s mining companies
Major change is required to ensure accountability for companies that cause harm and effective remedy for those who are harmed,…
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