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4 May

Governance, Human Rights, and Environmental Safeguards in the Extractives Sector

8 Ago

IACHR – Inputs to the Questionnaire for the thematic report on Business and Human Rights: Inter-American Standards

For many years, various organizations that comprise the Corporate Accountability Working Group (CAWG) of the International Network on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) have been working collectively to demonstrate how certain corporate activity can undermine human rights and harm communities and groups affected by their operations. CAWG members have been engaging collectively and conducting […]

12 Oct

Advisory Opinion OC-23/17 Environment and Human Rights

This report analyzes the 2016 advisory opinion that Colombia requested from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in 2016, regarding the following issues: What is the scope of application of the state obligations related to environmental protection that arise from the American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR)? What are the environmental obligations of states that […]

12 Sep

Infographic summarizes and systematizes Advisory Opinion on the environment and human rights of the Inter-American Court

Today, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF), UNAM’s Observatory of the Inter-American System of Human Rights, the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), and the Institute for Constitutional Studies of the State of Querétaro presented an infographic that summarizes Advisory Opinion OC-23/17 on environment and human rights. Issued on November […]

10 Oct

Implementation Free, Prior, and Informed Consent and Consultation: Comparative Experiences in Latin America and Discussions on a Consultation Law in Mexico

In Mexico and in other countries in the region, the adoption of norms of general application has been discussed as an alternative to the implementation of the right to free, prior, and informed consent and consultation (FPIC) of indigenous peoples. With this publication, DPLF and Oxfam-Mexico seek to contribute to this discussion, based on the […]

22 May

The impact of Canadian Mining in Latin America and Canada’s Responsibility – Executive Summary

This is the executive summary a report, titled The impact of Canadian Mining in Latin America and Canada’s Responsibility, submitted to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in 2014. For some years now, there has been international awareness of the situation of communities whose human rights have been gravely violated by the expansion of largescale extractive and […]

12 Dic

Extractives and National Action Plans (NAPs) on Business and Human Rights

This report, titled Extractives and National Action Plans (NAPs) on Business and Human Rights, is offered as a tool for States and other stakeholders to evaluate the human rights impact of potential and ongoing extractive projects in the framework of National Action Plans (NAPs) on business and human rights. This report provides guidance on how human […]

30 Mar

Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descent Communities, and Natural Resources

This report, titled Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descent Communities, and Natural Resources, summarizes a report by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on human rights protections in the context of extraction, exploitation, and development activities. The nature of the rights at stake and the severity of the eects reported make the impact of these extractive activities a […]

9 Sep

Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consultation and Consent in Latin America

This is the executive summary of a report titled, Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consultation and Consent in Latin America, examining progress and challenges in this area in Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Guatemala. In 2011, at the request of Oxfam, the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) published a report in March 2011 on […]

24 Oct

PRESS RELEASE: Mining and Human Rights in Latin America: Companies’ Home States are Key to Protecting Human Rights

Washington D.C., October 24, 2013.- On November 1, 2013, the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) will participate in a public hearing on the “Human Rights of People Affected by Mining in the Americas and Mining Companies’ Host and Home States’ Responsibility” during the 149th Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in Washington DC. At […]