IMPUNIDADE CORPORATIVA NA NIGÉRIA

The fact sheet advocates for a legally binding international treaty to end corporate impunity, arguing that voluntary self-regulation is ineffective. It highlights severe environmental and social damages caused by transnational corporations in Nigeria, Colombia, Brazil, Mozambique, and El Salvador, specifically citing oil extraction, mining, and palm oil production as drivers of human rights violations and ecological destruction.

• In Nigeria, the French oil company Total continues the illegal practice of gas flaring in the Niger Delta, and members of the Egi clan have had their lands seized without consent or compensation. In 2010, a protest by the Egi Gas and Oil Producing Families against Total's failure to honor a memorandum of understanding was violently suppressed, resulting in two deaths and several injuries.
• The El Cerrejón open-pit coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia—owned by Anglo American, Glencore Xtrata, and BHP Billiton—consumes 17 million liters of water daily, while local residents in Alta Guajira consume an average of only 0.7 liters per day. Pollution of the Rancheria River has made hunting, fishing, and animal husbandry impractical for local communities.
• Wilmar International has engaged in deforestation and forced land seizures in Nigeria since 2010 to cultivate palm oil. Despite voluntary Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria adopted by some European and US investors, financial institutions including HSBC, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation, and BNP Paribas have provided loans to the company over the last five years.
• The Vale company has been linked to significant abuses in Brazil and Mozambique. In Brazil, the November 2015 collapse of the Samarco tailings dam (owned by Vale and BHP Billiton) caused a toxic mud spill extending over 500 km along the Rio Doce, resulting in 17 deaths, 2 missing persons, 1,265 homeless people, and affecting 1,249 fishermen. In Mozambique, approximately 1,300 families were forcibly displaced for coal mining in Moatize, and the Mozambican justice system in 2013 denied the Association of Potters the right to sue Vale.
• In El Salvador, the mining company Pacific Rim (acquired by OceanaGold) is using Investor-to-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms to sue the government for $301 million after the president refused to issue an environmental license due to water pollution.

APA

Friends of the Earth International (n.d.). IMPUNIDADE CORPORATIVA NA NIGÉRIA. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/FoEI-TREATY-leaflet-with-cases-PT-with-Vale-case-BrazilMoz.compressed.pdf

Chicago

Friends of the Earth International. IMPUNIDADE CORPORATIVA NA NIGÉRIA. n.d. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/FoEI-TREATY-leaflet-with-cases-PT-with-Vale-case-BrazilMoz.compressed.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{friendsoftheearthinternationalndimpunidade, author = {{Friends of the Earth International}}, title = {{IMPUNIDADE CORPORATIVA NA NIGÉRIA}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/FoEI-TREATY-leaflet-with-cases-PT-with-Vale-case-BrazilMoz.compressed.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }