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1. It is urgent to permanently close the dark chapter of metallic mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); ... close once and for all this nefarious chapter of mining in El Salvador, we reiterate our call to the Legislative Assembly to reject any attempt to revert the Law approved in March 2017 and ask our Executive ...; Created on 31 May 2018
2. Why Canada is at the centre of global mining atrocities: (Mining and Human Rights); ... to attendees of the April 19 virtual launch of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines – Toronto chapter (ICHRP-Toronto). According to Claver, the Filipino mining company Lepanto ...; Created on 12 May 2021
3. The Status of Investor-State Arbitration in Latin America in 2021: (ISDS); ... still will be protected under the Investment Chapter of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) until July 1, 2023. (See previous Holland & Knight alert, "Mexico Keeps Investment Disputes Mechanism ...; Created on 21 January 2021
4. 2020 in Review: Latin America and Investment Arbitration: (ISDS); ... Likewise, in April Mexico and the EU released a draft text of the upcoming EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement, including its proposed Investment chapter (including ISDS provisions). There are various innovations ...; Created on 19 December 2020
5. With Passage of NAFTA 2.0, Congress Boosts Fossil Fuel Polluters, Particularly in Mexico: (FTAs & ISDS); ... arbitration tribunals; a system for Mexico and the United States, in which ISDS persists, notably for certain government contracts, which remain subject to the full protections of NAFTA Chapter 11; and ...; Created on 03 May 2020
6. US mining company demands $3.5 billion dollars from the Mexican government for stopping project: (FTAs & ISDS); ... trade court alleging that Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, SERMANAT, violated Chapter XI of the North American Free Trade Agreement. In January, the Mexican government received notification ...; Created on 24 September 2019
7. Water 2.0 - Salvadoreans take to the streets to battle renewed attempts to privatize water resources: (Water Crisis El Salvador); ... to water and the imminent cession of control of water resources to the private sector has opened a new chapter of a battle that has been latent since 2005. The swift and unified rejection from the executive ...; Created on 24 June 2018
8. Social Movements Demand Blunt Action to Prohibit Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Leonel Herrera, Director of ARPAS, invited state bodies to "close the chapter of mining" in the country and make decisions on the basis of the common good, because it has been demonstrated that the extractive ...; Created on 15 February 2017
9. 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 ...; Created on 11 May 2016
10. El Salvador presents new motion prior to the relasing of the verdict on the Pacific Rim case.: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Even though the court dismissed the claim under the trade agreement, it gave the okay to pursue the case under Chapter 15 of the Investment Law of El Salvador – a reform of this law repealed the article ...; Created on 26 October 2015
11. Facing Goliath: CIEL lends David a (legal) hand: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... Salvador for $77 million USD in lost investment under the investment chapter of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) after the Salvadoran government upheld a nationally supported mining moratorium. ...; Created on 06 August 2014
12. Carta abierta al Banco Mundial: (World Bank Letter); ... Boulder Chapter Global Solutions Cambridge United for Justice with Peace Cambridge-Las Flores Sister City Project Center for Alternative Mining Development Policy Centro Latino Cuzcatlan Chicago-Cinquera ...; Created on 17 December 2013
13. World Bank Endorsers: (World Bank Letter); ... Catholic Women Priests Austin-Guajoyo Sister City Project Boulder Chapter Global Solutions Cambridge United for Justice with Peace Cambridge-Las Flores Sister City Project Center for Alternative ...; Created on 11 December 2013
14. Chalk Up Another Victory for "Free Trade": Mining Companies Sue El Salvado: (2013 Fact Finding Mission); ... Agreement (CAFTA-DR) affords investors. “The broad scope of protection is reflected throughout CAFTA Chapter 10,” the law firm Crowell & Moring explains in a document prepared for Pacific Rim, noting ...; Created on 08 July 2013
15. Save the Mining Moritorium: (Commerce Group); ... Muir Chapter. For more information on: the WI Mining Moratorium Law, Strip Mine Legislation, the Iron Mining Industry’s Environmental Track Record, and recent press coverage of the issue. See the ...; Created on 05 January 2013
16. CAFTA Investor Rights Undermining Democracy and the Environment: Pacific Rim Mining Case: (FTAs & ISDS); ... click here. [1] Florian Erzinger, et. al, “El Lado Oscuro del Oro,” Unidad Ecologica Salvadoreña (UNES) and Development and Peace report, December 2008, at chapter 1. [2] Pacific ...; Created on 05 March 2012
17. Oxfam Context of Pac Rim: (Pacific Rim/OceanaGold); ... “indirect expropriation” in the context of Chapter 10 of CAFTA. On April 30th of 2009, Pacific Rim took its case to the International Center for the Settlement of Investment disputes (ICSID) of the World ...; Created on 29 February 2012
18. No al Oro Sucio en El Salvador: (Commerce Group); ... y Comercio, CEICOM Wisconsin John Muir Chapter Sierra Club Committee In Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, CISPES Mining Watch Canada Global Economy ...; Created on 28 February 2012
19. World Bank Letter: (World Bank Letter); ... Sister City Project Boulder Chapter Global Solutions Cambridge United for Justice with Peace Cambridge-Las Flores Sister City Project Center for Alternative Mining Development Policy Centro Latino ...; Created on 29 November -0001

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