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Last Update: May 21, 2008
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OAS Approves Human Rights and Climate Change Resolution
Medellín Colombia - June 4 th , 2008 – At the close of the 38 th Annual General Assembly of the Organization of American States, the representatives of the hemisphere approved a resolution calling for deepening our understanding of the links between evolving climate change and the implications it has on the capacity of individuals and communities to realize their human rights.
Shell Denounced Internationally for Human Rights and Environmental Violations in Argentina
Buenos Aires – May 29 th , 2008 - On the heels of a scathing government audit, and a globally unprecedented preventive closure of its refinery facilities in Buenos Aires Argentina, local groups have filed an international complaint against Shell calling for immediate action by the company to redress the social and environmental harms caused by the refinery to the community and to the local environment during decades of abuse and irresponsible corporate behavior.
Tens of Thousands March …
Again to Oppose Botnia Pulp Mill
Argentine-Uruguayan Border. April 27, 2008 - In yet another public expression of resistance to international corporate insensitivity to popular opinion, tens of thousands braved a torrential downpour, and marched against the BOTNIA pulp mill company from Finland, owner of one of Latin America's largest and most controversial pulp mills ever.
Northeast Gas pipeline: Public Hearings begin without providing the participation of Aboriginal groups directly impacted by the project
April, 2008 - In the context of follow-up of mega infrastructure projects for the development of the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA), the Centre for Human Rights and Environment attended the public hearing on the Gas pipeline of the Northeast in Argentina (GNEA), developed the recent April 17 in the town of Presidente Saenz Pena, in the province of Chaco.
UN Special Representative Releases Report on Human Rights and Business Calling for New UN Policy Framework to Address Corporate Abuse of Human Rights
April 18, 2008 . John Ruggie, the UN Special Representative on Human Rights and Business released his long awaited report this week calling for a new 3-pronged international policy framework to govern corporate accountability in the area of human rights.
A great contribution to the defense of Human Rights and the Environment
Resolution of the UN appointed expert working on the promotion of Human Rights and Access to Safe Water and Sanitation.
April, 2008 - The Human Rights Council of the United Nations (HRC), adopted by consensus a resolution that establishes the appointment of a new independent expert engaged in the promotion of human rights and obligations in the area of access to safe water and sanitation. |
CEDHA at the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank in Miami
The Centre for Human Rights and Environment (CEDHA) is participating in the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as part of the activities in its Global Governance program, in which it is looking to strengthen and guarantee human rights and the protection of the environment in the projects, investments and political operations of the International Financial Institutions.
