practicum in international affairs: mac glovinsky, chelsea long & ingrid rosario spring 2009
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About ProDESC
Mission: To defend, from an integrated perspective, all people who are exploited in regards to their economic, social, and cultural rights.
PIA Project:
A strategic background report regarding multiple conceptions of rights for mining communities. Particularly, comparing the perspectives of rights of both the extractive industry and the human rights community, and their implications on the ground.
Perspectives in Rights
• Conceptualizing Communities
• The Extractive Industry
• International Advocacy Groups
• HRBA Framework
• Communities, via Case Studies
Indigenous vs. Local
Identity
Territory
Autonomy
Participation
Self Determination
Conceptualizing Communities
The Extractive Industry Perspective
• Corporate Social Responsibility• Sustainability – Triple Bottom Line
“Globally over 30 million people are directly employed by the mining sector and 34 countries rely on minerals for at least one-
quarter of all their exports”
Key Initiatives
GMI MMSD ICMM
GRI Guidelines – the G3
EITI
AA1000
Issues and Problems
Who’s Involved?
Is Anything Mandatory?
Benefits?
“CSR is decried by critics as a farcical form of ‘greenwashing’, nothing but old wine in new bottles, as ineffective, irrelevant, or even actively harmful to the
communities it purports to serve”
International Rights Advocacy
• Center for Economic and Social Rights
•ILO Convention 169
• United Nations Division for Sustainable Development
• International Networking Organizations
The Human Rights Based Approach
• Right-holders and Duty Bearers
• Right to Equality and Non-discrimination
• True Participation and Empowerment
• Indivisibility and Interdependence of Rights
Examination of Case Studies
Haida Nation, Canada
Northwest Territories, Canada
Tamborgrande, Peru
Case Study: Tambogrande Mine
Disadvantages
• Lack of support from national government
• Underdeveloped political awareness of the community
• Low incentive for the extractive industry or national government to negotiate.
Case Study: Tambogrande Mine
Strategies Employed
• Utilized local farm lobby to network with NGOs both nationally and internationally
• Appealed to national pride to generate support the Peruvian people
• Reframed their concerns to better apply to international concerns at the time.
Case Study: Tambogrande Mine
Outcomes
National and international backlash regarding the deprivation of livelihood of the farmers of Tambogrande
National government was forced to rescind the mining company’s right to use the land.
Analysis of Cases using HRBA
Identifying the Duty-bearers
True participation in mining communities
Conclusions and Recommendations
Partnerships
Language
Action