11/26/2014
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TORONTO – Amnesty International in Canada has warned the Canadian government of being part of the problem of human rights violations in Guatemala concerning the activities of mining companies over its refusal to put in place control mechanisms.
The AI Secretary General in Canada, Alex Neve, traveled to Guatemala in September to meet with human rights organizations, businessmen and government representatives and deal with the issue of problematic mining in the country.
Neve told Efe that Canada is definitely accountable for the violations in Guatemala.
When the Canadian government refuses to take steps to ensure that Canadian companies do not contribute or benefit from violations of human rights, it becomes part of the problem, Neve claimed.
For years, the measures for improving laws and Canadian policies in this area have been made very clear and Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government has deliberately not followed them.
The violations in Guatemala are a consequence of such actions, he added.
In the report “Canadian Mining in Guatemala: Human Rights at Risk,” released by AI in September, the international humanitarian organization highlighted the explosion of conflicts and violence that Guatemala has experienced in recent years with the arrival of mining companies.
AI is not the only organization that has highlighted the relationship between Guatemalan mines run by Canadian companies, and violence.
A 2011 UN report indicated that mining has generated a highly unstable atmosphere of social conflict with a serious impact on the rights of indigenous peoples that is threatening the governance of Guatemala and its economic development.
The AI report particularly focuses on the Marlin mine in the towns of San Miguel Ixtahuacan and Sipacapa, operated by the Canadian giant Goldcorp through a subsidiary.
Since 2005, several activists have been shot, and one killed, during protests against the mine’s operation.
The case of the Marlin mine and others are evidence of a pattern that has become widespread in Guatemala and not of isolated cases, Neve said.
Neve said that human rights violations occurring in Guatemala are the responsibility of the three parties: the companies, the government of Guatemala and the Canadian government.
AI has long argued that governments need to implement significant compliance-backed regulations to ensure that their companies operating abroad comply with human rights obligations which the Canadian government has failed to do, Neve added.
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TORONTO – Amnesty International in Canada has warned the Canadian government of being part of the problem of human rights violations in Guatemala concerning the activities of mining companies over its refusal to put in place control mechanisms.The AI Secretary General in Canada, Alex Neve, traveled to Guatemala in September to meet with human rights organizations, businessmen and government representatives and deal with the issue of problematic mining in the country.
Neve told Efe that Canada is definitely accountable for the violations in Guatemala.
When the Canadian government refuses to take steps to ensure that Canadian companies do not contribute or benefit from violations of human rights, it becomes part of the problem, Neve claimed.
For years, the measures for improving laws and Canadian policies in this area have been made very clear and Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government has deliberately not followed them.
The violations in Guatemala are a consequence of such actions, he added.
In the report “Canadian Mining in Guatemala: Human Rights at Risk,” released by AI in September, the international humanitarian organization highlighted the explosion of conflicts and violence that Guatemala has experienced in recent years with the arrival of mining companies.
AI is not the only organization that has highlighted the relationship between Guatemalan mines run by Canadian companies, and violence.
A 2011 UN report indicated that mining has generated a highly unstable atmosphere of social conflict with a serious impact on the rights of indigenous peoples that is threatening the governance of Guatemala and its economic development.
The AI report particularly focuses on the Marlin mine in the towns of San Miguel Ixtahuacan and Sipacapa, operated by the Canadian giant Goldcorp through a subsidiary.
Since 2005, several activists have been shot, and one killed, during protests against the mine’s operation.
The case of the Marlin mine and others are evidence of a pattern that has become widespread in Guatemala and not of isolated cases, Neve said.
Neve said that human rights violations occurring in Guatemala are the responsibility of the three parties: the companies, the government of Guatemala and the Canadian government.
AI has long argued that governments need to implement significant compliance-backed regulations to ensure that their companies operating abroad comply with human rights obligations which the Canadian government has failed to do, Neve added.
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