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Osgoode Hall Law & UVIC Law
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🌎🔍 Argentina - Appellandosi allo sfruttamento privato delle risorse naturali, il governo Milei ha decretato la fine della Legge sul censimento dei territori indigeni che fermava le espulsioni. Alle comunità rimane solo la dura resistenza collettiva.
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Do Rivers have rights?
In 2024, the #Biobío River became the first ecosystem in #Chile with a Declaration of Rights! Developed by @intlrivers , local communities, & partners, this milestone aims to protect one of Chile's most vital rivers.🎙️ Listen here: intlrv.rs/4iXr9QS
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What are some of the challenges being faced by the Kerio Valley Community Organization in light of the oil exploration activities carried out by Delonex Energy and Tullow Oil?
Learn more about what's at stake and what the KVCO's standing up against ⬇️🧵
#ALLIEDdefenders #Kenya
Kukama women from the Peruvian Amazon succeed in getting a court order declaring that their river has rights, and ordering clean up of spills from oil pipeline. Thanks to lead counsel @RuizMolleda of @Ideele
New victory for #MaranonRiver! 🌱💪 "This is more than just a victory for water; it’s a tribute to the resilience of the Kukama people," says Monti Aguirre, Latin America Manager of International Rivers. Read more: intlrv.rs/3Akel5y
#RiosConDerechos #MarañonUnSerVivo
JCAP shares research on the detrimental impacts of Canadian embassy support for Canadian mining companies in Latin America, and recommends that the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights take action to protect human rights defenders.
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Canada needs to give investigative powers to the Canadian Ombudsperson (CORE) so that the office can question mining executives and look at their documents. Mining companies are snubbing the current voluntary system because there is no enforcement power.
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Barrick is a "Canadian" company that takes profits from Tanzania, but wants to leave liability with its Tanzanian subsidiary. Why is the Canadian government supporting this strategy of shirking responsibility? See article by @DelphineJung
ici.radio-canada.ca/espaces-…
La minière canadienne Barrick Gold associée à des violences meurtrières en Tanzanie ici.radio-canada.ca/info/lon…
Tanzanie : critique des liens entre la minière canadienne Barrick Gold et la police ici.radio-canada.ca/info/lon…
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Tanzanie : critique des liens entre la minière canadienne Barrick Gold et la police
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JCP submission to Global Affairs Canada: embassy support to extractive companies in Africa should be withdrawn from those that do not have a demonstrable commitment to human rights and environmental protection, or that use SLAPP's to silence opposition. dropbox.com/scl/fi/kpqpcrw23…
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.@KWSKenya must halt all further evictions & end the practice of torching homes under the guise of #conservation.
Rd/Share new brief: Nowhere to Go: Violent evictions threaten land & lives in #Kenya’s #Kamnarok Game Reserve: oaklandinstitute.org/nowhere…
@TheStarKenya @StandardKenya @citizentvkenya @ntvkenya @K24Tv
MINING, SACRIFICE ZONES, AND THE CLIMATE TRANSITION A book talk by award- winning journalist Christopher Pollon, author of Pitfall
October 21 12:30-2:00- in person at Osgoode Hall Law School and by zoom
Register below for details.
machformext.osgoode.yorku.ca…
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📢Foro público Internacional: “Berta Cáceres y la justicia para los pueblos indígenas”.
📌Se abordará el estado actual del caso de Berta Cáceres y compartirán experiencias de lucha y resistencia de las organizaciones internacionales participantes.
Participan del Foro:
➡️Ana Elisa Samayoa: Abogada experta en DD.HH. Miembro de Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF).
➡️Wyatt Gjullin: Abogado de EarthRights International (ERI).
➡️Apolonia Agustín: Representante de CPO (Consejo de Pueblos Mayas)
➡️Bertha Zúniga: Coordinadora General del COPINH. Hija de Berta Cáceres.
Acompáñanos:
📅Martes 20 de agosto
⏰10:00
🔗Transmisión en vivo por Facebook Live en: Copinh Honduras
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Ya pública: en abril, otros @UN_SPExperts y yo escribimos a los gobiernos de #Ecuador y #Canadá sobre el uso indebido del derecho penal contra personas DDH en el marco de consultas ambientales para proyectos mineros en Las Pampas, Palo Quemado y Las Naves
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