People’s Tribunal Hopes Verdict on Mining Abuses Gains Traction

30th Jan 2015 | Categories: Community Organising, Land Rights, Livelihoods and Culture, Mining and Oil

Children exposed to the mining industry in Peru. (Photo: Milagros Salazar / IPS)

The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal (PPT) has found five Canadian mining companies and the Canadian government responsible for human rights violations in Latin America, including labour rights violations, environmental destruction, the denial of indigenous self-determination rights, criminalisation of dissent and targeted assassinations.

The 86-page ruling reports that 75 per cent of mining companies worldwide are based in Canada, and that Canadian companies with estimated investments of over 50 billion dollars in Latin America’s mining sector represent 50-70 per cent of mining activities in that region.

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