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A letter from a coalition of environmental and human rights organizations to UN Special Rapporteur James Anaya requesting intervention regarding the Barro Blanco hydroelectric project in Panama, citing threats to the Ngäbe people's territories, rights, and physical security.

This amicus curiae brief, submitted by AIDA, CIEL, and Earthjustice to the Supreme Court of Justice of Panama, argues that the approval of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project violated international human rights and environmental standards. The brief contends that the State of Panama failed to conduct an adequate consultation process, failed to obtain the free, prior, and informed consent of the Ngäbe people, and approved an incomplete and improperly supervised EIA.