Trade Agreements and Human Rights in Latin America, Pt.1
Channel: LAWGaction
Date: 16/04/2012

Trade Agreements and Human Rights: How Victimizers Sue the Victims in Latin America

"Transnational corporations are increasingly utilizing international tribunals to resolve disputes about natural resource rights. Compensation in these cases can be in the millions and foreign investors can use these processes to bypass national laws and regulations designed to protect public health, safety and the environment. Panelists will engage disputes under way in Peru, focusing on the toxic town of La Oroya, and El Salvador, where a people's movement emerged to oppose a gold mining operation." 

This was a Latin American Workshop run during Ecumenical Advocacy Days on March 24, 2012.
 
Workshop Speakers
-Manuel Perez Rocha- Institute for Policy Studies
-Rodolfo Calles- La Mesa Nacional Frente a la Minería Metálica in El Salvador
-Alex Herman- Harrison Institute for Public Law
-Conrado Olivera- Joining Hands Against Hunger Network (Peru) and Mesa Tecnica (La Oroya)
-Rev. Alexa Smith- Presbyterian Church (USA) Hunger Program

Filming and Editing
-the Latin America Working Group 

Music
- Crash by 12 Stones