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...
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...
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...
April 12, 2016. Phoenix, Arizona – When 40 million liters of toxic leaching material and heavy metals from Grupo Mexico’s Buenavista del Cobre copper mine spilled into the Bacánuchi and Sonora Rivers in northern...
Sonora River: One year later - KPBS television video - November 2015 Sonora River: A community still healing - KPBS television video - November 2015
November 2015 Extractive projects in the Sierra Norte of Puebla are imposed without consultation and with repression and violence Mexico has granted concessions totaling 331,729 hectares to private companies without...
September 2015 Analysis of non-compliance with environmental regulations by Buenavista del Cobre, SA de C.V. DOWNLOAD September 18, 2015 Press Release (SPANISH)
12 November 2014 Observation Mission presents Report on the consultation process of wind projects in Juchitán, Oaxaca - The report presents violations of the principles governing the right to consultation, such as: the...
18 November 2014 This report aims to identify best practices in Human Rights Impact Assessments (hereinafter, HRIA) and incorporate these findings into the development of an HRIA tool for communities affected by...
August 2013 The Mexican Council of Businessmen: Business Politics, Elites, and Decision-Making in Mexico This paper examines how business politics develop and impact public decision-making in Mexico. The main argument...
1 September 2011 On March 1, 2011, some of the world’s largest apparel and footwear corporations announced the creation of a new Sustainable Apparel Coalition, an initiative to develop an industry-wide index that would...