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After more than three years of legal wrangling, a court in Paris has ruled that a civil case brought by Indigenous communities in Mexico against French energy giant EDF can go ahead. The case was filed by Zapotec communities in Oaxaca state, who complain that EDF’s Gunaa Sicarú wind farm project violates their land rights and lacks reasonable consultation with communities.
Mexico’s state power utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) has cancelled the power supply contract signed with EDF Renewables for its 252MW Gunaa Sicarú wind energy project, following protests and legal proceedings by economic, social and cultural rights group ProDESC and the Union Hidalgo indigenous group.
EDF’s wind farm is in limbo after residents in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, sought a court-ordered injunction.
Report by CCFD-Terre Solidaire (France), ProDESC (Mexico) and ECCHR.
Case report by ECCHR, ProDESC and CCFD - Terre Solidaire
French energy giant EDF has been working on the Gunaa Sicarú wind park project since 2015. The problem: wind power stations are planned on the territory of the indigenous Unión Hidalgo community. EDF is trying to secure a construction authorization from the Mexican state – but until now, the indigenous group was not effectively consulted. This is why Unión Hidalgo representatives, the Mexican organization ProDESC, and ECCHR filed a civil suit against EDF in France on 13 October 2020. The company should halt the wind farm project until it can meet human rights standards. [ECCHR case page]