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Archbishop of El Salvador reinforces the church´s position against mining

| Mining and Human Rights
During his usual Sunday press conference on April 24th, the Archbishop of San Salvador, José Luis Escobar Alas, called once again on society to remain vigilant and prevent mining in El Salvador. He similarly called policy makers to not allow this economic activity in the country.  Click on ...

Law suit against El Salvador one of the longest running cases in the history of ICSID

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
By:  P. Cabezas Anti-mining activists in el Salvador and their allies in the US and Australia demanded on April 28th that de International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, ICSID, release immediately a a favorable resolution in the impending case of Pacific Rim Mining vs El ...

Law suit against El Salvador one of the longest running cases in the history of ICSID

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
By:  P. Cabezas Anti-mining activists in el Salvador and their allies in the US and Australia demanded on April 28th that de International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, ICSID, release immediately a a favorable resolution in the impending case of Pacific Rim Mining vs El ...

Mega projects unite social movements from Honduras and El Salvador

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
Gloria Orellana – CoLatino. Berta Caceres' murder did not fall on "deaf ears", peasant and indigenous organizations from Honduras and El Salvador have decided, under a banner of solidarity, to unite to fight against mining, monoculture and the protection of water and ecosystems. Abel Lara,...

NEW BOOK: Rethinking Bilateral Trade Agreements

| Pacific Rim/OceanaGold
Republished from Both ENDS  See chapter on "ISDS, Extractive Industries and the Pacific Rim vs El Salvador case" on page 231, written by Sarah Anderson and Manuel Perez Rocha from the Institute for Policy Studies.     In 1959, Germany and Pakistan signed the first ...

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

| Mining prohibition El Salvador
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. ...

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