Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
There has been a debate over Investor-State Dispute Systems (ISDS), a process for resolving settlement disputes between foreign investors and national governments. Many people ...
... Peru have already been counted, while only 21% of the votes abroad have been counted. Around 997,000 Peruvians were authorized to vote abroad and so far Fujimori has won 63% of the votes cast.
For investors, ...
CNCA
Today the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) releases draft model legislation that provides lawmakers with a blueprint for writing into Canadian law the corporate duty to respect ...
... not only goes unchecked, but is actively fostered through economic support.
According to Natural Resources Canada, in 2019, 621 Canadian mining and exploration companies operated in 96 countries abroad, ...
... abroad. And, as you might expect, many of those projects involve shady corporate practices and violations of human rights.
There have been an astounding number of conflicts at Canadian-run mines. Pick ...
Passage
Liam Meisner
Any future government that’s concerned about environmental and human rights issues will have to rein in mining companies operating abroad. Walter Aduviri knows better than anyone ...
... States can link with allies abroad to build power and win.”
—Opal Tometi, cofounder, Black Lives Matter
“This story of how everyday citizens, against implacable odds, managed to defeat a corporation ...
... with the domestic legal system.
Foreign investors can reduce the risk of investing abroad by ensuring that their investments benefit from the protections contained in investment treaties. This is not ...
... the banners declaring, “If they were taken alive, we want them back alive.” In the weeks since there have also been demonstrations in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, as well as protests abroad in the United ...
... Environmental Justice Atlas said in its statement that, similar to the company’s portrayal of its work abroad, the conference will mostly steer the mining industry’s focus, and that of the nearly 26,000 ...
Sakura Saunders : Now Magazine
After more than a decade of campaigning for oversight of Canadian mining corporations abroad, the feds appear to be backpedaling on gains won by human rights advocates ...
... system to pursue their commercial interests abroad—too often to challenge responsible government policies taken in the public interest in developing countries.
A common narrative runs through many of ...
... released earlier this week by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA), Digging for Dividends: The use and abuse of investor-state dispute settlement by Canadian investors abroad. Their report ...
... who have suffered human rights abuses as a result of the operations of Canadian mining companies abroad.”
MiningWatch has also called for a high level of transparency. “The Ombudsperson’s reports will ...
... Canadian mining giant’s litany of abuses abroad. But this year the odds are slowly turning in the fight against the multi-pronged corporate assault of transnational mining companies.
Last month, El Salvador ...
... de Solidaridad con los Pueblos de América Latina (SICSAL), International
Australia
AFTINET (Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network)
APHEDA Union Aid Abroad
Australian Nursery and Midwifery ...
... interview starts about 20 minutes into the show) CHRY News: OceanaGold/Pacific Rim Protest YORK COMMUNITY REPORT: Canadian/Australian mining company, OceanaGold- known for their human rights abuses abroad, ...
... YORK COMMUNITY REPORT: Canadian/Australian mining company, OceanaGold- known for their human rights abuses abroad, has been involved in a 300 million dollar lawsuit with the small country of el Salvador ...
... the northern department of Cabanas, El Salvador. This announcement has raised concerns amongst civil society organizations in El Salvador and abroad due to the controversy surrounding the El Dorado mining ...
... at home and abroad, to join in one voice to demand the approval of this new Special Law to Ban Metallic Mining Ban.
We are still on time to avoid another disaster. No to mining ! Yes to life!
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