By Gloria Orellana, Colatino
Translated from: http://nuevaweb.diariocolatino.com/organizaciones-exigen-la-aprobacion-de-ley-de-seguridad-alimentaria/
Social organizations took to the streets of San ...
... Our governments are obliged to fulfill that obligation as established by the constitution, local legislation and international law. Yet, the current Salvadoran government continues to neglect its constitutional ...
... March 2012, the executive branch of the government introduced its own Water Legislation through the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, MARN. The bill was welcomed by social organizations ...
... to bypass local legislation to sue the state under international corporate courts. The recent reform of Article 15 of the Investment Law, then, is merely a symbolic affirmation of the urgency to make comprehensive ...
... he explained, "recent government actions signal an imminent reopening of the mining sector: El Salvador joined the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining in 2021, legislation to create a Directorate of Hydrocarbons ...
... legislation creating the General Directorate of Energy, Hydrocarbons and Mines, approved by the Legislative Assembly on October 26. The objectives of this new Directorate are to authorize, regulate and ...
... of the Salvadoran people.
Even more worrisome is recent legislation creating the General Directorate of Energy, Hydrocarbons and Mines, approved by the Legislative Assembly on October 26 of this year ...
CNCA
Today the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) releases draft model legislation that provides lawmakers with a blueprint for writing into Canadian law the corporate duty to respect ...
... legislation exists which holds corporations accountable to their operations overseas.”
For decades, advocates have been calling for legally-binding regulation of the industry and accountability for human ...
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The lawsuit contends that the Canadian government blacked out information that Canadians have a right to see under access-to-information legislation.
“Communities impacted by the mine tell us that ...
... a group of eight lawmakers in introducing the Honduras Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Act of 2021—legislation that lays out a comprehensive framework for combating corruption, impunity, and human rights ...
... and regulators have “interpreted that legislation as meaning you only can’t opencast mine, but you can underground mine,” Macassey-Pickard said.
People can’t expect mining companies to act in good faith ...
... to recognize water as a public good and human right. According to El Salvador's legislation, after this session on October 15, the reform will have to be ratified by the next legislature and can therefore ...
... transferred this discussion to a technical commission; that is to say, they limited the social control of the organizations”, Olivia pointed out. Regarding the legislation on water, Luis González, a member ...
... the undersigned organizations, who have been calling in a proactive and rigorous way since 2006 for adequate legislation for the management of water in El Salvador, have united around our CITIZEN PROPOSAL ...
... companies to meaningfully participate in the process.”
Ten years ago, Liberal MP John McKay introduced responsible mining legislation, Bill C-300, which would have forced corporations to comply with ...
... has it been capable of enforcing current legislation; to the contrary, we have a government that is in line with death projects, among them, the expansion of monoculture, thoughtless urbanization projects, ...
... and ensure the appropriate technical closures of the mines," said La Mesa in a statement.
They indicated that even though the Law was approved in March 2017, the provisions in the legislation have not ...
... Vizcaya. HR No. 302 seeks an onsite investigation in aid of legislation on the anomalies and violations surrounding Oceanagold’s renewal application of its Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement (FTAA). ...
... steps.
The first is "the design of policy and legislation that modifies our legal system to make way for mining projects and to create new crimes for those participating in social protests...legislative ...