Mexico City, November 30, 2018.- Thelma Moiza, representative of the Río Sonora Watershed Committees (CCRS by its Spanish acronym) and resident of the affected community of Bacánuchi, participated, this week, in the UN...
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CSOs request investigations of Almaden Minerals in the U.S. and Canada for concealing information from investors
Mexico City, May 23, 2017.– A coalition of civil society organizations has requested that U.S. and Canadian securities regulators investigate whether Canadian-based company, Almaden Minerals, violated the disclosure...
CSOs request investigations of Almaden Minerals in the U.S. and Canada for concealing information from investors
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS REQUEST INVESTIGATIONS OF ALMADEN MINERALS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA FOR CONCEALING INFORMATION FROM INVESTORS - The Canadian company breached the disclosure requirements of financial...
Almaden Minerals lists new shares to finance mining activity in Puebla, without obtaining exploration permit
ALMADEN MINERALS LISTS NEW SHARES TO FINANCE MINING ACTIVITY IN PUEBLA, WITHOUT OBTAINING EXPLORATION PERMIT - Communities affected by the mining project report that the company has omitted information from investors...
Canadian Mining in Puebla and its Human Rights Impact (summary)
The gold and silver open pit mine IXTACA PROJECT, on its advanced exploration stage, is located in the Ixtacamaxtitlán municipality, in the SIERRA NORTE region of the Mexican State of PUEBLA. It occupies the...
Canadian Mining in Puebla and its Impacts on Human Rights. For the life and future of Ixtacamaxtitlán
THIS COMMUNITY-LED HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT ASSESSMENT (HRIA) AIMS TO IDENTIFY, MEASURE, AND PREVENT THE IXTACA PROJECT’S NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS. More specifically, the HRIA demonstrates the discrepancy between...
Civil society warns of omissions in the creation of the National #BizHumanRights Program in Mexico
CIVIL SOCIETY WARNS OF OMISSIONS IN THE CREATION OF THE NATIONAL BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM IN MEXICO • The Mexican Government ignored recommendations from the Civil Society Focal Group on Business and Human...
Recommendations to MX Government on the National Baseline Assessment for UN G. Principles #BizHumanRights
Recommendations to the Mexican Government in relation to the National Baseline Assessment for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Mexico This document contains...
National Baseline Assessment for the implementation of UN G. Principles on Business and Human Rights in MX
National Baseline Assessment for the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Mexico The present study identifies the policy criteria in the field of business and human rights that...
Civil Society asks to the United Nations to document human rights violations by business enterprises
Mining, infrastructure and energy projects –including hydroelectric and wind farm projects-, are those that caused the major number of human rights violations. On the occasion of the official visit to Mexico of the...
Public bulletin from CSOs and individuals about the Multi-stakeholder Group of the EITI in Mexico
On May 6, 2016, a group of civil society representatives will meet in Mexico's Energy Ministry (SENER) to begin working towards the installation of the Multi-stakeholder Group of the EITI in Mexico, as we...
Main results of the Human Rights Impact Assessment of the Ixtaca Mining Project of Almaden Minerals
On April 17, 2016, in Santa María Zotoltepec, Puebla, the main results of the human rights impact assessment (HRIA) were presented. It was conducted by the Project on Organizing, Development, Education, and...