The Justice and Corporate Accountability Project has documented troubling incidents of violence associated with Canadian mining companies in Latin America. In general, neither the Canadian government nor industry are monitoring or reporting on these incidents. Click here to view the complete report Click here for a summary of the report…Continue reading “The “Canada Brand”: Violence and Canadian Mining Companies in Latin America”
Justice & Corporate Accountability Project
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About JCAP
The Justice and Corporate Accountability Project (JCAP) is a volunteer-driven transnational, collaborative, community-based legal clinic. JCAP assists in holding corporations and states to account by offering legal knowledge to communities that are negatively affected by natural resource extraction. JCAP has cultivated specific expertise in supporting Indigenous and Campesino communities in the Americas and has also supported communities in Africa.
The Two Faces of Canadian Diplomacy: Undermining International Institutions to Support Canadian Mining
This report documents the Canadian government’s political support for Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine in relation to proceedings initiated by Indigenous Peoples…
Amicus Curiae Kukama Women’s Fed. v PETROPERU
Justice & Corporate Accountability Project (“JCAP”) intervenes in this case to support the petition of the Kukama Women’s Federation (Federación…
Investors are increasingly shunning mining companies that violate human rights
Investors in Canadian mining company Tahoe Resources paid a price when Tahoe failed to disclose the extent of community and…