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Mining and Human Rights

Imai v. Canada: Access-to-information lawsuit concerning Canada’s intervention in human rights case against Goldcorp in Guatemala

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CNCA On March 2, 2021, the Federal Court of Canada will hear arguments in a lawsuit that seeks information about the Canadian government’s response to a human rights case concerning a Canadian-owned mine in Guatemala. The suit was brought by York University law professor and co-founder of the Ju...

Honduras: Supreme Court must correct distorted ruling & free arbitrarily detained Guapinol defenders

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GuapinolResiste After finding that the detention of the eight Guapinol defenders imprisoned for more than 17and 26 months is arbitrary, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention urges the Government of Honduras to "release the eight defenders immediately" and to grant them the effective righ...

Canada’s Mining Industry Is Spreading Havoc Around the World — With Justin Trudeau’s Support

| Mining and Human Rights
JACOBIN Yves Engler Three-quarters of the world’s mining companies are headquartered in Canada. Canadian mining firms are mired in corruption and human rights abuses around the world, yet Justin Trudeau has reneged on pledges to regulate them and end the abuses Canada is home to 75 percent of ...

Urgent Action: Immediately release Guapinol defenders in high risk

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Guapinol Resiste On February 9, 2021, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention sent a strong and clear message to Honduras: Immediately release the eight imprisoned Guapinol defenders. In its resolution 85/2020, the Working Group stressed that there is no legal reason for the use of pre-tria...

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