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 …
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 …
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.
On the 3 December 2014, LAMMP presented a session at the annual UN Forum on Business and Human Rights in Geneva.
More must be done to improve the social and environmental performance, transparency and reputation of UK-registered mining companies.
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 …