“Police in the Pay of Mining Companies The responsibility of Switzerland and Peru for human rights violations in mining dispute”
Summary
Date Reported: 1 Dec 2013
Location: Peru
Companies
Antamina (joint venture BHP, Glencore, Teck Resources, Mitsubishi Corporation) - Parent CompanyProjects
Antamina - UnknownAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Community: ( Number unknown - Location unknown - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )Issues
Violence , Access to Water , Land Rights , Strikes and other work stoppages , Water pollution , Soil pollution , Insufficient/inadequate consultation , Forced Relocation , Occupational Health & Safety , Personal Health , Ownership of Property & PossessionsResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: NGO
…For this report, Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) and the three Peruvian non-governmental organisations Grufides, Derechos Humanos sin Fronteras and Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos have examined in detail agreements concluded with the Peruvian National Police Force by the following seven mining corporations - Compañía Minera Antamina S.A.[joint venture BHP Billiton, Glencore, Teck, Mitsubishi Corporation], Compañía Minera Santa Luisa S.A., Gold Fields La Cima S.A., Minera Sulliden Shahuindo SAC, Minera Xstrata Tintaya S.A./ BHP Tintaya S.A., Compañia Minera Coimolache and Minera Yanacocha SRL [part of Buenaventura & Newmont]. These agreements allow the mining companies to request a permanent police security presence and also to ask for rapid large-scale deployment of police units if protests are suspected. Under the provisions of the agreements the police conduct routine patrols aimed at “preventing, detecting and neutralising” threats…