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The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) notes: “The IACHR will hold a hearing on the international obligations of Canadian extractive companies and their impact on human rights.” The hearings will include the individual cases of Eudaldo León Díaz Salgado in Colombia, and the Rarámuri Communities of Huitosachi Mogótavo and Bacijípare in Urique, Chihuahua, in Mexico.
This media release from the Americas Policy Group (APG), the Canadian Network for Corporate Accountability (CNCA) and others notes: “Witnesses from across Latin America and the Caribbean will bring evidence of human rights violations and environmental harm linked to Canadian mining companies before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).”
“Six witnesses from directly affected communities in Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, and Argentina will share firsthand testimony on threats and violence against environmental defenders, criminalization of community leaders, water contamination, and harm to health and livelihoods.”
It further notes: “The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will hold a hearing next Tuesday [October 27 from 5 pm to 6:30 pm ET] on Canada’s responsibility to prevent, address, and remedy human rights abuses linked to Canadian mining companies operating in Latin America and the Caribbean.”
Peace Brigades International-Canada is a member of both the Americas Policy Group (APG) and the Canadian Network for Corporate Accountability (CNCA).
Click here to access the IACHR/CIDH YouTube channel to watch the livestreamed hearing in Panama City.
Further reading: Media Advisory: Community Representatives from Six Countries to Testify on Canadian Mining Abuses at International Human Rights Hearing; Witnesses from across Latin America and the Caribbean will bring evidence of human rights violations and environmental harm linked to Canadian mining companies before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
