NEWS RELEASE : January 17, 2018
(Ottawa) Today, Canada’s International Trade Minister announced the creation of a Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise to investigate human rights complaints ...
... have, for decades, been calling for justice."
"The current government, however, has chosen to actively uphold decades of impunity," the groups continued. "Rather than investigate or prosecute those responsible ...
... show its selective application of justice. In fact, the current government refuses to investigate and prosecute those responsible for crimes against humanity committed by the Armed Forces and right-wing ...
... Council to investigate cases of detention imposed arbitrarily or otherwise inconsistent with international human rights law.
In accordance with its mandate, the WG carries out its task with discretion, ...
... establishing an independent mechanism with powers to investigate human rights abuses by such corporations abroad; and (c) develop a legal framework that affords legal remedies to people who have been victims ...
... public.”
ANCoMP is calling on OceanaGold to correct their misleading statements, and withdraw its renewal application. It is also calling on the Australian government and regulatory authorities to investigate ...
... Bautista also had political motives including but not limited to Rivera’s anti-mining organizing. The authors also tell us, unsurprisingly, that Salvadoran authorities never seriously investigated Rivera’s ...
... and that those responsible for the illegal detention should be investigated.
The Working Group urged the Honduran State not to wait because every day they do not release them, they are committing another ...
... Is Investigated by U.S. Federal Prosecutors for Drug Trafficking, Corruption
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, and Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Richard Durbin (D-IL) today led ...
... address complaints about abuses by Canadian corporations overseas, has been criticized by activists for not having any powers to actually investigate or deal with these abuses. CORE was, however, praised ...
... (FTAA) of the mining company expired in June 2019.
“We demand for an immediate watershed audit that will investigate and penalize these extractive and destructive projects that worsened the massive floods ...
... The incident was never investigated.
Meanwhile, judicial authorities issued arrest warrants for protesters linked to the disputed events of that day, and an earlier attempted eviction of the camp.
A ...
... of justice in the Guapinol case. Whereas complaints filed by affected communities are not investigated, those filed by the company, meant to thwart opposition, are moving forward.
“The accused are people ...
... in the Montaña Botaderos Carlos Escaleras National Park.
To date, the Public Prosecutor's Office has not investigated the serious damage suffered by the young man while they have forged ahead with the ...
... such as tuberculosis. While this connection has yet to be well investigated, we identified seven cases in which nearly 250 community members tested positive for Covid-19 and four died.
Zoom meetings ...
... not investigated the behavior of groundwater in the Arroyo Bruno basin, nor has it taken into account the outbreak of water from the fractures of the rocks that feed the stream on its way. It has been ...
... that the state of Siege aims to investigate illegal migration, where they have also identified human trafficking. "Drug trafficking activities in that area are obvious and visible. That area is being used ...
... "The Police received a complaint from the mother of the injured protester and another from the company," explains Tábora. "However, they decided to investigate only the burning of the company's assets and ...
... and others named in the posters made the seven-hour road trip from Dipidio to Manila to appeal to the Canadian embassy for protection.
“We wanted to ask for protection and to ask Canada to investigate ...
... Human Rights Council (UN HRC) to investigate Oceanagold for its plethora of violations of environmental, civil-political, socio-economic, and other human rights. We demand President Duterte to fully reject ...