Peruvian villagers suing miner Glencore will argue in London’s High Court next week that the company should be held liable over their allegations they were abused by Peruvian police...

The allegations...illustrates potential legal risks for mining companies that sign pacts with Peruvian police for the provision of security services at their operations.

The lawsuit by 22 Peruvians said that Xstrata, acquired by Glencore in 2013, failed to take reasonable steps to prevent abuses by police in deadly protests at the Tintaya copper mine in 2012...

Glencore said Xstrata was not responsible for actions taken by the Peruvian National Police (PNP) in policing the protests and noted that the lawsuit does not allege that Xstrata or the mine’s private security force harmed anyone.

Xstrata “appealed to the PNP to respect the human rights of protesters before and during the protest,” Glencore said in a statement...