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Canada’s Systematic Failure to Fulfill its International Obligations to Human and Environmental Rights Defenders Abroad

4 Apr 2023April 19, 2023

Canada’s Systematic Failure to Fulfill its International Obligations to Human and Environmental Rights Defenders Abroad Submission to the UPR Working Group of the United Nations Human Rights Council In anticipation…

Canadian Economic Diplomacy & Canada’s Systematic Failure to Fulfill its International Obligations to Human and Environmental Rights Defenders

20 Feb 2023April 19, 2023

We question whether Canadian embassies are acting ethically in their support for Canadian mining companies abroad. Four studies based on access to information disclosure show a troubling trend. See our…

The Two Faces of Canadian Diplomacy: Undermining Human Rights and Environment Defenders to Support Canadian Mining

10 Dec 2022April 19, 2023

Globalized industrial resource extraction is unsustainable from an environmental and social perspective, and Indigenous peoples are often on the front lines of alerting humanity to the resulting harms. Community members…

JCAP researcher Charlotte Connolly speaks at Mount Allison University

10 Oct 2022November 10, 2022

JCAP researcher Charlotte Connolly spoke at Mount Allison University on September 12, 2022 to discuss Canadian embassy support for silver mine associated with shooting and deaths of community members. “Our…

Board Meeting May 2022

22 Sep 2022September 22, 2022

In May of 2022, JCAP board members convened a group of lawyers, law students, law professors, and NGO’s at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto. The attendees have worked with JCAP…

Social Disclosure and Share Value: Empirical Data on (Non-) Disclosure of Information Related to Violence and Lack of Indigenous Consent

13 Sep 2022April 19, 2023

Social Disclosure and Share Value: Empirical Data on (Non-) Disclosure of Information Related to Violence and Lack of Indigenous Consent Submission to the Canadian Securities Administrators Consultation Regarding NI 43…

The Two Faces of Canadian Diplomacy: Undermining International Institutions to Support Canadian Mining

19 Mar 2022April 19, 2023

This report documents the Canadian government’s political support for Goldcorp’s Marlin Mine in relation to proceedings initiated by Indigenous Peoples in Guatemala before an international human rights body. It documents…

The Transnational Mining Justice Movement

14 Aug 2020August 31, 2022

The legal instruments associated with economic globalization, including foreign investment agreements, global markets and trade agreements, have significantly facilitated foreign resource extraction and imbued it with particular geographic patterns. The…