Natural Resources, Conflict & Human Rights
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Dutch support for reconciliation in mining region
06-04-2018Dutch Minister Blok will visit Colombia today bringing along a message of support for peace and for a reconciliation dialogue between mining companies and victims of human rights violations in the coal mining region of Cesar. In the lead up to Blok’s visit his colleague minister Kaag (Foreign Aid and Trade) welcomed a resolution of the Dutch Parliament which asked for this support.
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Serious threats against human rights defenders in Cesar mining region
08-02-2018Colombian human rights defenders that visited a recent meeting with the German and Dutch ambassadors have received death threats of a paramilitary group. The Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC) declared that they will 'exterminate' all those in the mining region of Cesar 'who think they are human rights defenders'. PAX Program leader Joris van de Sandt: “PAX calls upon both Colombian authorities to protect human rights defenders and mining companies to distance themselves from the paramilitary group that issued the threat.”
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Iraqis fear conflict pollution will not be cleaned up
05-12-2017A new PAX report reveals how the conflict in Iraq has left a toxic trail of destruction which could have severe health consequences for Iraqis and could complicate reconstruction efforts.
Natural Resources, Conflict & Human Rights, Middle East -
Bloodcoal victim leaders threatened after speaking out
17-11-2017Three community leaders in Colombia’s Cesar mining region have been threatened with physical harm. All three recently made public statements aired in Europe and on the internet calling on mining companies to start a dialogue with victims of paramilitary violence in Cesar. PAX is concerned about their safety, and calls on the Colombian government and relevant companies to take action.
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Vattenfall requires reconciliation between mining companies and victims
07-11-2017European energy giant Nuon-Vattenfall requires that mining companies take concrete steps towards a reconciliation dialogue concerning past human rights violations. This clear recommendation is made in a report on the human rights situation in the coal mining region in Colombia which was published today. In the report Vattenfall also makes clear that it is prepared to suspend its coal imports if mining companies do not take concrete actions.
Natural Resources, Conflict & Human Rights, Dealing with the Past, Colombia -
Protect civilians by protecting the environment
06-11-2017PAX is joining 30 organizations and 12 experts in calling for greater progress to protect people and the environment from the impact of war.
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Colombia ready to address bloodcoal victims
06-11-2017The Colombian Minister of Mining, the President´s Human Rights Advisor and the CEO’s of the biggest mining companies in Colombia recently visited the Netherlands with a large delegation.
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Prodeco attends historic commemoration for blood coal victims
03-10-2017Mining multinational Prodeco/Glencore has attended a commemoration for victims of paramilitary violence in the mining region of Cesar, Colombia. Victims, church leaders, and local, regional and national authorities gathered in the town of Estados Unidos to commemorate massacres that took place 20 years ago in the area close to the La Jagua mine.
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Enel suspends blood coal imports
04-05-2017Europe’s biggest energy company, Italian multinational Enel, has suspended imports of coal from the Cesar mining region Colombia. Enel CEO Francesco Starace stated this at the annual stockholders meeting in Rome. The announcement was made in the context of investigations into the human rights impact in the coal mining region of Cesar and Enel’s de-carbonization strategy.
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Vattenfall hits the right notes on blood coal
28-04-2017At its annual general meeting in Stockholm, the Swedish energy company Vattenfall showed a willingness to help solve the human rights abuses involved in the extraction of coal from the Cesar mining district of Colombia.
Natural Resources, Conflict & Human Rights, Colombia