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A group of international and local NGOs is urging the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to intervene in the Barro Blanco hydroelectric project in Panama. They claim the project threatens the Ngäbe people's territories, culture, and physical security, citing failures in environmental impact assessments and a lack of free, prior and informed consent. The coalition highlights state-sponsored violence against protestors and the Panamanian government's failure to implement a promised expert assessment of the project's impacts.

The Arctic Athabaskan Council (AAC) has filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, arguing that Canada's inadequate regulation of black carbon emissions is causing rapid Arctic warming and melting. This environmental degradation is alleged to violate the human rights of Arctic Athabaskan peoples in Canada and the United States, specifically their rights to culture, property, health, and means of subsistence. The document details the potent warming effect of black carbon, the fragmented nature of Canadian air quality regulations, and the specific ecological and social impacts on Athabaskan communities, including the decline of caribou populations and the loss of traditional knowledge. The petitioners request that the Commission investigate these harms and recommend that Canada implement mandatory measures to limit black carbon emissions.

The author contends that hydropower projects in Sikkim, such as Teesta III and Teesta VI, are not 'additional' because hydropower is common practice in India's North East, meaning they do not actually reduce emissions. The text alleges that developers misled the UNFCCC and bypassed mandatory stakeholder consultations regarding CDM credits. Furthermore, it highlights the failure to recognize Lepcha peoples' land rights and the absence of holistic impact assessments in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), leading to landslides and house destruction. The document concludes that the CDM's verification process is weak and calls for the immediate revocation of all big hydro CDM registrations in the region.

The report details a land grabbing crisis in Cambodia and Laos driven by Vietnamese companies Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) and the Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG). These companies are accused of bypassing legal land limits through shell companies, clearing intact forests, and displacing indigenous communities without adequate compensation. The document highlights the role of international financiers, specifically Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), in bankrolling these operations despite their public commitments to sustainability. It concludes that the lack of binding international frameworks allows such companies to operate with impunity, facilitated by corrupt political elites in the host countries.

The report highlights the systemic neglect of 200,000 to 400,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in northern Kenya, who face severe vulnerability due to a combination of colonial legacies, violent conflict, human rights abuses, and climatic factors. It argues that while IDPs in other regions of Kenya received significant support following the 2007/08 post-election violence, pastoralist IDPs are largely unaccounted for and receive only inadequate, short-term humanitarian aid. The document calls for the adoption of a national IDP policy, ratification of the Kampala Convention, and a shift toward long-term security and development solutions.

The document argues that Argentina's shift toward a large-scale extractivist mining model, accelerated by the 2004 National Mining Plan, has led to systemic human rights violations. It highlights the repression of community protests against open-pit mining, citing police violence, arbitrary detentions, and the criminalization of dissent through legislation like the 2011 Anti-Terrorist Law. The text specifically identifies threats to the fundamental right to water and a healthy environment, while documenting numerous clashes in provinces such as Catamarca, Tucumán, and La Rioja.

The statement details the impact of the extractive-export mining model in Argentina, highlighting the systematic suppression of community resistance through police violence and the criminalization of protest. It asserts that mega-mining projects violate constitutional rights to water and a healthy environment, while citing specific instances of arrests and raids in provinces such as Catamarca, La Rioja, and Tucumán.

The document argues that the international community's approach to Somali piracy has prioritised military deterrence and legal accountability over human rights, leading to a 'catch and release' policy or the rendering of suspects to regional courts with inadequate legal frameworks. It specifically examines Kenya's role as a primary prosecution hub, highlighting a lack of domesticated maritime law, systemic corruption, and appalling prison conditions. The author contends that these failures, combined with the failure to prosecute onshore sponsors of piracy, undermine the credibility of counter-piracy efforts and may fuel further instability.

The report documents a growing trend of repression and violence against environmental defenders in Mexico and Central America, linked to the expansion of industrial mining. It argues that this violence stems from state failure to manage environmental impacts and a lack of protection for human rights defenders, often characterized by high levels of impunity in both host and home countries of mining companies.

The report documents a regional trend of violence against environmental defenders in Mexico and Central America, linking these abuses to the social and environmental impacts of industrial mining and the failure of states to protect human rights. It provides case studies from five countries and recommends strengthening institutional protection, environmental regulations, and the right to free, prior, and informed consent.

The complaint, filed by the coalition Frente de Defensa San Miguelense (FREDEMI) and prepared by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), argues that Goldcorp Inc. and its subsidiary Montana Exploradora de Guatemala, S.A. have violated human rights and environmental standards. Key allegations include the acquisition of communal indigenous lands without free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC), causing structural damage to homes via explosives, contaminating local water sources with arsenic and cyanide, and depleting water resources. The document also highlights a pattern of retaliation and criminalization of community protesters. FREDEMI requests that the Canadian National Contact Point investigate these claims and recommend that Goldcorp suspend operations, close the mine, and adopt a policy respecting indigenous consent.

The Manila Declaration outlines the severe environmental and human rights violations caused by extractive industries on Indigenous lands, calling for a moratorium on new projects and the mandatory application of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).

The report argues that the Malaysian palm oil industry's claims of sustainability are misleading, citing evidence of widespread deforestation, illegal open burning on peatlands, and the systemic violation of indigenous land rights in Sarawak. It highlights the 'carbon debt' created by converting peat forests to plantations and criticizes the lack of public participation in Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs). The document calls for the EU to abandon biofuel targets that drive this demand and for the Malaysian government to recognize Native Customary Rights (NCR).

The document details a formal complaint against the IFC regarding its financing of Nicaragua Sugar Estates Limited, S.A. (NSEL). Complainants allege that NSEL's operations have caused a Chronic Renal Insufficiency (CRI) epidemic among workers, contaminated water supplies, and violated indigenous Sutiaba land rights. The complaint asserts that the IFC failed in its due diligence, miscategorized the project as Category B instead of Category A, and ignored NSEL's history of environmental and labor violations.

The request argues that 2D seismic exploration by Petroleum del Perú S.A.C. in Lot 107 poses an imminent threat of irreparable harm to the life, health, and integrity of isolated Cacataibo groups. The document highlights that the exploration area overlaps significantly with proposed Cacataibo territorial reserves and that the use of explosives and the influx of workers increase the risk of forced contact, which historically leads to mass death from disease and violence. It further claims that the Peruvian state approved the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) without proper consultation with settled Cacataibo communities and that the EIA's safety measures are insufficient to prevent forced contact or environmental contamination.

The report documents a pattern of environmental destruction, human rights abuses, and community resistance associated with Barrick Gold's operations across several continents. It highlights specific cases of water depletion, toxic pollution, and violent police repression of protesters, while critiquing the lack of binding legal frameworks in Canada to hold its mining corporations accountable abroad.

The report by Friends of the Earth International examines the intersection of human and environmental rights, detailing case studies of corporate and state abuses. It advocates for a framework of environmental justice that includes the right to sustainable livelihoods, clean environments, water, and food security, while emphasizing the need for transparency, collective rights, and legal redress for climate refugees and ecological debt.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) approved a friendly settlement on October 17, 2003, between the State of Chile and Mapuche Pehuenche families affected by the Ralco Hydroelectric Project. The dispute centered on the flooding of ancestral lands and the application of electrical laws over indigenous land laws. The final agreement includes commitments for constitutional recognition of indigenous peoples, the ratification of ILO Convention 169, the creation of a new commune in Alto Bío Bío, and specific land and financial compensations for the affected families.

The document examines the marginalisation of civilians, particularly women, children, and displaced persons, in the peace processes of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It critiques the UN's 'mainstreaming' approach as often limited to humanitarian protection rather than political empowerment. The author argues that sustainable peace requires the inclusion of non-combatants in decision-making, addressing the root causes of conflict such as the illegal exploitation of natural resources and systemic gender-based violence, and moving beyond power-sharing agreements between belligerents.

The document examines the role of International Financial Institutions (IFIs), including multilateral development banks and export credit agencies, in financing large-scale extractive projects. It argues that these investments frequently lead to environmental disasters, human rights abuses, and the marginalization of indigenous peoples while failing to alleviate poverty. Through case studies in Peru, Colombia, the Philippines, Laos, Romania, Chad, Cameroon, Papua New Guinea, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Lithuania, the report illustrates the 'resource curse' and the failure of the export-led development model. It concludes by recommending a gradual phase-out of IFI lending for extractive industries and a shift toward renewable energy and community-led sustainable initiatives.