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2012 Peoples’ International Health Tribunal Hearing on Goldcorp’s Mining Operations in Central America [Guatemala/Marlin]

In July 2012 the Peoples’ International Health Tribunal held a hearing regarding three of Goldcorp’s mining operations in Latin America, including the Marlin mine project in San Miguel Ixtahuacán and Sipacapa, San Marcos, Guatemala. Testimony was heard from health, environmental, and human rights experts, and members of communities directly affected by the mining operations. The Tribunal “delivered a guilty verdict to Goldcorp, the host countries of Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico, as well as the Canadian Government for supporting and promoting in various ways the irresponsible mining investments in Mesoamerica” (Health Tribunal, 2012). With respect to the Marlin Mine, the Mam women’s indigenous organization, Defending our Mother Earth (Kolol Qnan Tx’otx’ de San Miguel Ixtahuacán) played a leading role in the proceedings (MacLeod, 2017), along with the International Coalition against Mining Injustice in Guatemala (CAMIGUA).

Type of Action / Tipo de Acción:
Popular Tribunal Proceedings
Extractive Project / Proyecto extractivo:
Marlin
Region / Región:
Central America
Country / País:
Guatemala
Natural Resource / Recurso natural:
Gold, Silver
Jurisdiction / Jurisdicción:
International Peoples Health Tribunal
Human Rights Violated/Claimed:
Right to a healthy environment, Right to access information, Right to collective property, Right to consultation, Right to due process, Right to free, prior and informed consent, Right to health, Right to life, Right to natural resources, Right to private property, Right to safety and personal integrity, Right to self-determination, Right to territory, Right to water
Key Legal Actors Involved / Actores jurídicos clave involucrados:
Defending our Mother Earth (Kolol Qnan Tx’otx’ de San Miguel Ixtahuacán), International Coalition against Mining Injustice in Guatemala (CAMIGUA)
Legal Artefact / Artefactos Legales
2012 People’s International Health Tribunal Goldcorp Verdict , 2012 Transcript of the People’s International Health Tribunal Hearing on Goldcorp
Year Action Started / Año de inicio:
2012
References / Referencias:

International Popular Health Tribunal, “Goldcorp found guilty; Human Rights Violations, Health Harms, Environmental Contamination”, dated 16 July 2012, online: https://healthtribunal.org/2012/07/16/the-peoples-international-health-tribunal-concludes-the-final-verdict/, accessed on 16 February 2021

Morna MacLeod, “Grievances and Crevices of Resistance: Maya Women Defy Goldcorp” in Rachel Sieder, ed. Demanding Justice and Security: Indigenous Women and Legal Pluralities in Latin America (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press), pp. 220-241

Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina (OCMAL), “Tribunal Popular Internacional de Salud”, dated 12 July 2012, online: https://www.ocmal.org/tribunal-popular-internacional-de-salud/, accessed on 16 February 2021

Pluri-Cultural Centre for Democracy (CPD), “Demanda contra el Estado de Guatemala y la empresa minera Montana Exploradora de Guatemala, S.A. por minería a cielo abierto y subterránea en los Municipios de San Miguel Ixtahuacán y Sipacapa [Complaint against the State of Guatemala and the mining company Montana Exploradora de Guatemala, S.A. for open pit and subterranean mining in the Municipalities of San Miguel Ixtahuacán and Sipacapa], dated 6 August 2008, online: http://www.albedrio.org/htm/documentos/DemandaTLASanMiguelySipacapa.pdf, accessed on 16 February 2021

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