Environmental justice

Oil exploitation, logging, drilling, toxic waste. The irresponsibility of multinationals is devastating the planet and its inhabitants.

For more than 50 years, CETIM has denounced the destruction of our environment. It supports the struggles of indigenous peoples and peasants to (re)assert their sovereignty over

    • their living environments
    • their natural resources
    • their way of life and to face
    • and to confront the stranglehold of transnational corporations with the agreement of the States.

 

Toxic wastes

Other documents and links

Mining in El Salvador: violations of democracy and national sovereignty

The mining project of Oceana Gold (formerly Pacific Rim) in El Salvador threatens the environment and the livelihoods of communities, Local populations oppose the project and are victims of human rights violations. The government has refused to allow the project to continue and is now being sued by Oceana Gold at the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). The company is demanding 300 million dollars in compensation.

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Human rights violations and access to justice for the victims of Chevron in Ecuador

In 26 years of oil drilling in the Amazon region of Ecuador, Chevron (formerly Texaco) polluted more than 450,000 hectares of one of the planet’s richest biodiversity regions, destroying the living and subsistence of its inhabitants. After 21 years of litigation, and despite a ruling by the Ecuadorian courts, impunity continues for Chevron, and the victims of its activities in Ecuador are still waiting for justice and compensation.

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Philippines: gold mining and human rights violations

The Tampakan Copper-Gold Project in the Philippines threatens the environment and the livelihoods of local populations. The Bla’an indigenous peoples that occupy these ancestral territories oppose the project and are victims of multiple violations of human rights. But Glencore-Xstrata is still insisting on pursiung the project.

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Transboundary shipment of toxic waste and its impact on human rights

HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 10th session 02 March – 27 March 2009 [Excerpt from the statement] The Special Rapporteur devoted his report submitted to the present session to the dismantling of ships, which has posed many problems over the years1. The response to this issue has been the recent adoption by the International Maritime Organization of […]

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