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[DOC] Goldcorp Inc’s Pre-determined Human Rights Impact Assessment to proceed in Guatemala
In Guatemala...Goldcorp Inc. and a group of concerned investors are proceeding with a “human rights impact assessment” (HRIA), despite receiving detailed criticisms about the form and content of the HRIA...[This is a] pre-determined human rights assessment...A group of international consultants, from On Common Ground...and International Alert...have accepted a contract to carry out the HRIA...We believe their work will serve to legitimize Goldcorp’s “Marlin” mine, while doing little or nothing to help transform a mining political climate...characterized by...human rights violations for people critical of mining. [Problems include]...there was no consultation with the communities...Goldcorp and the investor group will not suspend mining while the HRIA was being carried out...we refer you to our previous ‘Open Letters.’