Last Update 27 June 2014 Forced displacement and other abuses by Corriente Resources mining company in the Ecuadorian Amazon: Joint…
Brazil revokes Canadian Belo Sun’s license to gold mine in Amazon
Cecilia Jamasmie | June 26, 2014 Ruling says Belo Sun Mining Corp. has failed to study the impact on Amazon…
Main opponent of Newmont’s gold project in Peru in prison
Cecilia Jamasmie | June 26, 2014 <img width=”300″ height=”250″ src=”http://www.mining.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/300x250xnewmont-conga-mine-300×250.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Kc1-DK3pjh.jpg” class=”attachment-home-recent-news-thumb wp-post-image” alt=”Main opponent of Newmont's gold project in Peru…
This man says Canadians need to know what’s in their government pension plan and what demanding justice cost him
First in a three part series. Joshua Hergesheimer Posted: Jun 23rd, 2014 Luis Fernando Garcia – photograph by Joshua…
Economic Power, Democracy and Human Rights: A New International Debate on Human Rights and Corporations
Gonzalo Berrón 18 June 2014 The 26th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) opened in Geneva on…
Nigeria: Shell could face fresh compensation claims after landmark environmental ruling
20 June 2014 Independent experts estimate that more than 4,000 barrels of oil were spilled every day before the pipe…
Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – binding regulation on corporate behaviour the “big picture” in protecting the rights of indigenous peoples
See Video (Part 3) World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (Preparatory process) – General Assembly Informal interactive hearings 18 Jun 2014 – – Panel…
Vancouver-based Tahoe Resources faces lawsuit over violence at Guatemala mine
Seven men allege they were shot at close range during a peaceful protest By Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun June 18,…
Landmark Suit against Canadian Mining Firm Filed in BC
Human rights group seeks to hold BC-based company liable for shootings at Guatemalan mine. By Sebastian Salamanca, Today, TheTyee.ca Two Guatemalans…
Glencore’s Ruthless Cost-cutting Harms Communities in the Congo, Say NGOs
Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Source: Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID) – Bread for All – Fastenopfer (Oxford and Lausanne)…
