In 2007, the NGO Colectivo Madreselva brought a constitutional proceeding against the Guatemalan President, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM), the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), and the Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance. The Association challenged the government’s approval of mining exploitation licences for the Marlin Mine project onContinue reading “2007-2008 Constitutional Challenge to Marlin exploitation licences filed by Colectivo Madreselva”
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2011 Country visit by the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People
In June 2010, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People, James Anaya, visited Guatemala at the invitation of the government after the Special Rapporteur delivered a series of allegations of human rights violations relating to the Marlin Mine. During the visit, the Special Rapporteur metContinue reading “2011 Country visit by the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People”