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CEDHA promotes a rights-based approach to Climate Change within the World Bank consultation on Climate Change
July 2008 - Under the first phase of public consultations on the Strategic Framework on Climate Change and Development that the World Bank Group (SFCCD), has been developing, the Centre for Human Rights and Environment of Argentina (CEDHA) presented an opinion document about the deep linkage between Human Rights (HR) and the ongoing process of climate change
Historic Supreme Court Ruling on Argentine River Clean Up
Controversial Decision Draws Reactions to Judicial involvement in Environmental Policy
Buenos Aires – July 15, 2008. In a case involving the cleanup of one of Latin America's most polluted urban river systems (the Riachuelo River Basin), the Argentine Supreme Court ruled last week that the Riachuelo River Basin Authority (headed by National Environment Secretary Romina Picolotti ) must work to meet three core objectives, i) improve the lives of the inhabitants of the basin, ii) repair the environmental harm caused by over a century of industrial, solid waste, and sewage pollution, and iii) prevent future damage to the basin, …. o, and by the way, the Environment Secretary, will be personally fined for non-compliance with the targets and time frame set by the Supreme Court for the multiple actors involved in the clean up plan!
UN Renews Business and Human Rights Mandate
The Human Rights Council voted last month to extend the mandate for the Special Representative on Human Rights and Business, John Ruggie, a Harvard Professor at the Kennedy School of Government, to examine the relationship between Human Rights and Corporate Activity and to propose solutions on ways to better guarantee the State Duty to Protect , the Corporate Responsibility to Respect and Effective Access to Remedies for victims of violations perpetrated by corporations.
OAS Approves Human Rights and Climate Change Resolution
Medellín Colombia - June 4 th , 2008 – At the close of the 38 th Annual General Assembly of the Organization of American States, the representatives of the hemisphere approved a resolution calling for deepening our understanding of the links between evolving climate change and the implications it has on the capacity of individuals and communities to realize their human rights.
Shell Denounced Internationally for Human Rights and Environmental Violations in Argentina
Buenos Aires – May 29 th , 2008 - On the heels of a scathing government audit, and a globally unprecedented preventive closure of its refinery facilities in Buenos Aires Argentina, local groups have filed an international complaint against Shell calling for immediate action by the company to redress the social and environmental harms caused by the refinery to the community and to the local environment during decades of abuse and irresponsible corporate behavior.
Tens of Thousands March …
Again to Oppose Botnia Pulp Mill
Argentine-Uruguayan Border. April 27, 2008 - In yet another public expression of resistance to international corporate insensitivity to popular opinion, tens of thousands braved a torrential downpour, and marched against the BOTNIA pulp mill company from Finland, owner of one of Latin America's largest and most controversial pulp mills ever.
