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Mining prohibition El Salvador

Application of Convention NO. 169 by Domestic and International Courts in Latin America

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International Labour Organization The Convention No. 169 is a central element of the contemporary international normative framework for the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples. This is a compilation of judicial decisions that have relied on ILO Convention No. ...

Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Rights in Practice, a guide to ILO Convention No. 169

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International Labour Organization The International Labour Organization adopted the Indigenous and Tribal People’s Convention (ILO Convention No. 169) in 1989, which has been ratified by 20 countries. Convention No. 169 was developed to protect self-identified indigenous people and attempts to a...

KAIROS Participatory Research with partners on Free, Prior and Informed Consent: CEIBA’s experience in Guatemala

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Teresa Sanic and CEIBA This report discusses general background on the mining conflict in Guatemala, the current social, economic and political state of the country, the community responses to mining megaprojects, the positive and negative impacts of mining concessions, the connection that Canad...

Undermining the Land: the defense of community rights and the environment in Mexico

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Project Newsletter The value of gold has soared due to the recent financial crisis making it a very profitable industry. However, the extraction of these resources is a source of conflict among affected communities, organization that defend human rights, mining companies and public authorities. ...

Yes to life, no to mining! – Report Back Delegation to El Salvador

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Anna Backmann and Christian Wimberger: CIR People taking part in the delegation from the United States, Canada, France, and Germany together with workers of the organization ADES.  El Salvador, November 2nd to 10th, 2015 As we step into Bernardo Belloso’s office in San Salvador on Novem...

Resistance against the bloodsucker

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*Oliver Ristau: Frankfurter Rundschau / Translation: Marina Bonetti “No to mining. Yes to life”: after the mass, the priest stands above an anti-mining mural together with church servants and believers, waving.    El Salvador is worried about environmental damages, and therefore b...

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