Ecuadorian woman human rights defender meets MEPs in Brussels

London, 15 May 2015 Lina Solano is the president of the Frente de Mujeres Defensoras de la Pachamama, and the coordinator of the all-women network Union Latino Americana de Mujeres (ULAM). Both groups are driving forces for women human rights defenders (WHRD) across Latin America who are being criminalized and persecuted for resisting predatory extractivism …

LAMMP Statement on EU regulation for supply chain due diligence on Conflict Minerals

This week, the EU Parliament will vote on a proposed legislation to regulate the supply chains of minerals, especially those originating from Conflict and High-Risk Areas. As it is now, the regulation does little to strengthen accountability mechanisms for the trade of Conflict Minerals and for corporate human rights violations. In LAMMP’s view, the scope …

International Women’s Day: A hommage to Maxima Acuña de Chaupe

Who would have thought that a shy, 4 ½ feet tall peasant woman could challenge so enduringly a mighty transnational corporation? Over the last 4 years, Máxima Acuña de Chaupe has led her peaceful struggle against US-based Newmont Mining Corporation and its Peruvian subsidiary Yanacocha. By doing so, she is also defying a deeply entrenched …

Geneva- Thursday 5 February. Over the last few days, State delegations and members of civil society have gathered at the United Nations Human Rights Council to review the Declaration of the Rights of Peasants and other peoples working in rural areas. LAMMP made its own contribution to the discussions raising the following points: - For …

Stretching across the Southern borders of Venezuela lies the Amazon rainforest, the green lungs of planet Earth. As well as being a haven of wildlife, it also inhabited by numerous indigenous communities such as the Yanomami, Piaroas, Makos, Barés, Eñepa and Jotí; and, as the original residents of these territories, they rely on the surrounding …

Woman Human Rights Defender, Maxima Acuña Atalaya was finally acquitted by the Court of Appeals.

UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

On the 3 December 2014, LAMMP presented a session at the annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva.

Mining sector needs greater transparency and accountability

More must be done to improve the social and environmental performance, transparency and reputation of UK-registered mining companies.

The European Union, Indigenous Peoples, Extractive Industries and Human Rights.

Prof. Julian Burger from the University of Essex carried out an in-depth analysis on the human rights impacts of the extractive industries on indigenous peoples worldwide. This paper, commissioned by Policy Department of the Directorate-General for External Policies of the European Parliament, argues that growing demands for non-renewable resources risk impinging further on the rights …

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Inspiring leadership among rural and indigenous women

Ecuadorian woman human rights defender meets MEPs in Brussels

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LAMMP Statement on EU regulation for supply chain due diligence on Conflict Minerals

European Union’s Global Policy on Indigenous People

International Women’s Day: A hommage to Maxima Acuña de Chaupe

Declaration on the Rights of peasants and other peoples working in rural areas

“Tambien nosotros somos Venezuela”: Indigenous Peoples raise the alarm as paramilitaries and illegal miners cross over on their territories

After four years of struggle, Maxima Acuña Atalaya finally receives justice

UN Forum on Business and Human Rights

Mining sector needs greater transparency and accountability

The European Union, Indigenous Peoples, Extractive Industries and Human Rights.