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Reducción Norte & Corazón de Tinieblas

In 2011, Hochschild Mining obtained two contiguous mining concessions, Reducción Norte Corazón de Tinieblas and Corazón de Tinieblas, in the municipalities of Malinaltepec, Zapotitlán de las Tablas, Tlacoapa and San Luis Acatlán in Guerrero state, Mexico. Exploration and exploitation of the mine was prevented by community legal challenges. These led Hochschild Mining to renounce the concessionsContinue reading “Reducción Norte & Corazón de Tinieblas”

2014 Salvadoran NGOs submit information to the Universal Periodic Review

In 2014, Salvadoran NGOs submitted independent reports to the United Nations Universal Periodic Review process on El Salvador. Amongst a range of human rights issues, the NGOs highlighted the need for the State to strengthen the protection of the right to water of the population and also highlighted the negative environmental and transborder impacts causedContinue reading “2014 Salvadoran NGOs submit information to the Universal Periodic Review”

2020- Guatemalan Government and the Xinka Parliament initiate pre-consultation over Escobal

In February 2020, the Xinka Parliament and the Guatemalan Ministry of Energy and Mines restarted dialogue on the conditions necessary to fufill the Constitutional Court ruling on the requirement to conduct a consultation process with the Xinka people affected by the Escobal mine (see Legal Action entitled, “2017- Judicial Suspension of Tahoe’s Mining Licences“). In October, afterContinue reading “2020- Guatemalan Government and the Xinka Parliament initiate pre-consultation over Escobal”

2019 Salvadoran NGOs submit report to UN Universal Periodic Review

In March 2019, the Central American Network for the Defence of Transborder Waters – El Salvador (Red Centroamericana por la Defensa de las Aguas Transfronterizas – El Salvador, RedCAT) and Franciscans International (FI) submitted a joint report as Civil Society Organization input to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) mechanism of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations. InContinue reading “2019 Salvadoran NGOs submit report to UN Universal Periodic Review”

2014- Citizen Transborder Treaty Drafting [Cerro Blanco]

For Salvadoran NGOs involved in the Mesa Nacional frente a la Minería Metálica (National Roundtable against Metallic Mining), the regulation of transborder water resources in Central America has been an issue for many years. Their concerns emerged out of the discovery that both Guatemala and Honduras have received requests for exploration and exploitation of mineralsContinue reading “2014- Citizen Transborder Treaty Drafting [Cerro Blanco]”

2017 El Salvador passes Legislative Ban on Metallic Mining

On 29 March 2017, the Legislative Assembly approved a law prohibiting metallic mining in El Salvador. The law enjoyed cross-party support, passing with 69 out of 84 votes, well over the qualifying majority  (Reuters, 2017 and Montoya, 2021).The law prohibits all exploration, extraction and processing of metals, whether in open pits or underground, and officiallyContinue reading “2017 El Salvador passes Legislative Ban on Metallic Mining”