Hydropower & dam projects
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Guatemala: Communities called on the IDB to withdraw investment on PDHSA’s dams construction over possible human rights violations
Author: AIDA
"Guatemalan indigenous communities file complaint for dams’ damages", 6 of August, 2018...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest Legal News
- Related companies: Promoción y Desarrollo Hídricos (PDHSA) (Now Energía y Renovación S.A )
Laos: Families facing displacement by dam project await compensatory land titles
Author: Radio Free Asia
"Scores of Lao Families Facing Displacement by Dam Project Await Compensatory Land Titles", 9 August 2018...
- Related companies: CWHEC (see Sinohydro)
Laos: Hydropower projects suspended after dam collapse; villagers in temporary shelters suffer diseases, depression
Author: Radio Free Asia
"Laos Shelves New Hydropower Projects Pending Policy, Safety Reviews", 7 August 2018...
Eritrea: The Economist claims conscripts forced to work in road-construction, dam-building & mines
Author: The Economist
"Eritrea, Africa’s most repressive state, begins to open up"...
Author: Repórter Amazônia, Portal EBC, (Brazil)
“Manifestantes também deixaram o escritório do Ibama em Altamira, que estava ocupado há mais de 20 dias” 31 de julho de 2018...
- This is a response from the following companies: Consórcio Norte Energia
Brazil: International Accountability Project and Business & Human Rights Resource Centre held a webinar on monitoring companies’ human rights violations
Author: Alexander Andrade Sampaio, International Accountability Project/IAP (US))
“Webinar on documenting human rights violations and monitoring companies and development financiers-Earlier this year, the International Accountability Project (IAP) and the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) held a webinar on using...