PAX demands Glencore to take responsibility towards victims
18-02-2021After almost 30 years of exploiting two large coal mines in northern Colombia, causing serious social and environmental damages to the adjacent communities, the multinational Glencore, through its subsidiary Prodeco, announced this month the closure of its mining operations in Colombia.
Environmental case studies from conflict zones around the world
06-11-2020With case studies from Iraq, Syria, Colombia, Yemen, Ukraine, Laos DPR and Senegal, this jointly produced report provides a snapshot of environments impacted by active conflict, post conflict governance gaps, and humanitarian efforts to restore usable lands. The stories tell a tale of the often complex relationship between armed conflict and its environment footprint that lingers long after the guns fell silent.
Catastrophic consequences
04-08-2020This briefing outlines research findings and key protection concerns that the RPW coalition has noted with regard to the impact of the current economic and COVID-19 crisis in Lebanon, and contains a number of policy recommendations.
Oil and mining majors and NGOs call for policing reforms to tackle racialised human rights violations
10-07-2020The many protests following the killing of Floyd George in the USA confirm that human rights violations against racialized groups is a major issue around the globe. Reforms of policing policies and practices are part of the solution.
A letter to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights
30-04-2020Human rights in conflict and post-conflict contexts
09-10-2018This report lists which Dutch banks have extended loans to five companies in the extractive industry that caused or contributed to severe human rights abuses.
Violencia paramilitar en la zona minera del Cesar 2012-2016
20-10-2016Spanish translation of the report 'Civil society under threat'. Violence and threats are an everyday occurrence in Cesar, the Colombian mining region where European energy companies purchase blood coal for our power supply.
Paramilitary violence in the Cesar mining region 2012-2016
15-09-2016Violence and threats are an everyday occurrence in Cesar, the Colombian mining region where European energy companies purchase blood coal for our power supply.
Human health and environmental risks of civilian-operated makeshift oil refineries in Syria
05-09-2016Many Syrian civilians have begun refining oil due to the drastic decline in production by professional oil refineries in Syria. The conditions in these makeshift refineries are causing enormous health and environmental pollution problems in the region.
El proyecto minero La Colosa y el derecho ciudadano a la participación
24-08-2016This report deals with the historical struggle of local civil society organizations in Tolima (Colombia) for their right to participate in decision making on a large-scale gold mining project (La Colosa, of Anglogold Ashanti).