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Year 2008

October

The Earth’s Right to Itself - New Ecuadorian Constitution Grants Nature her Rights

September

Environmental Compliance Blitzkrieg! Argentine Environment Authority Cracks Down on Corporate Contamination with Massive Police Force

Argentine and Dutch Governments Admit Complaint Filed Against Shell for Alleged Violations of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

August

CEDHA promotes a rights-based approach to Climate Change within the World Bank consultation on Climate Change

July

Historic Supreme Court Ruling on Argentine River Clean Up

June

UN Renews Business and Human Rights Mandate

May

OAS Approves Human Rights and Climate Change Resolution

Shell Denounced Internationally for Human Rights and Environmental Violations in Argentina

April

Tens of Thousands March … Again to Oppose Botnia Pulp Mill

Northeast Gas pipeline: Public Hearings begin without providing the participation of Aboriginal groups directly impacted by the project

UN Special Representative Releases Report on Human Rights and Business Calling for New UN Policy Framework to Address Corporate Abuse of Human Rights

Resolution of the UN appointed expert working on the promotion of Human Rights and Access to Safe Water and Sanitation.

CEDHA at the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank in Miami

Record 2007 IDB Lending Comes at Expense of Environment, Communities

UN Adopts Resolution on Climate Change and Human Rights

March

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Addresses Nation on Soyification of Agriculture

Argentina Increases Taxes on Soy Exports

Botnia Directors Skip Court Date in Criminal Complaint

Pulp Mill CEO Erkki Varis says He's Famous Thanks to Conflict and Favors Private Investment over Social Conflict

International Development Finance Collapses for Controversial Oil and Gas Project by Shell

Botnia Plagued by Worker Protests and Growing Unemployment in Fray Bentos related to the Mill

PULP FICTION and Corporate Surrealism

February

Buenos Aires Mandates Sustainability Reporting

Erkki Varis, Finnish Pulp Mill CEO to go on Trial in Criminal Complaint

Another Worker Dies at Botnia Mill in Uruguay

January

Another Accident at Finnish Pulp Mill in Uruguay Burns Finnish Worker

Year 2007

December

Federal Court Summons Botnia Executive Directors in Pulp Mill Criminal Case

Argentina Sets National Environmental Insurance Requirements

Island States Call for Human Rights Approach to Climate Negotiations

November

Historic Forestry Law Passes in Argentina

Diplomatic Relations Tense over Pulp Mill Dispute

New Odorous Emissions in Fray Bentos

Six Schoolgirls Sicken from Botnia Pulp Mill Fumes Botnia aks Forgiveness as Locals Complain of Unbearable Stench

International Roadblock Against Pulp Mill Investment Breaks ONE YEAR Threshold

Federal Criminal Case Against Botnia Resumes Activity

Dramatic Weekend Unfolds as Uruguay Issues Operating Permit to Botnia

New List Serve on Corporate Accountability and Human Rights (in Spanish)

Blundering Finnish Pulp Mill CEO Sent Home Following Call from Spanish King

Argentine Beer Factory Facilities Closed for Environmental Violations

October

Sierra Club's Earth Care Award Goes to the Center for Human Rights and Environment in Argentina

Petrobras Argentina - Closure Lifted

Opposition to Pulp Mill Mounting in Uruguay

September

Environmental Violations: Preventive Closure of Brazilian Petrol Company in Argentina

Argentina: Shell refinery closed for serious enviromental faults

Historic Agreement Reached on Ozone and Climate Change

OZONE Deal Close!

OZONE Negotiations Coming to A Dramatic Close

SHELL to Invest US$60 million in Environmental Improvements

Botnia Accident Victim Recounts Serious on Job Accident and Says he is Violently Ill

Argentina: Shell refinery closed for serious enviromental faults

ARGENTINA Launches Insurance Company Ombudsman

Hundreds Invade Uruguay to Protest Botnia Pulp Mill

August

Uruguay Expels Argentine Media at Botnia Port Inauguration

Uruguay Fears Attacks on Botnia Port

Danone –Argentina

Uruguay Presses Botnia to Increase Safety Measures

Bridgestone – Firestone Argentina

Uruguayan President Slams Botnia!

Botnia Mill Construction Stops Following Serious Accidents

Intoxication of Workers Reported from Uruguayan Pulp Mill

Argentina: Historic Regulatory Unification on Industrial Air and Liquid Effluent Emissions

Rumors of Terrorist Attacks on Botnia's Pulp Mill Installation stirs Uruguayan Government

June

UNEP Head Embraces Accelerated Phase-Out of HCFCs under Montreal Protocol Targets

Argentina Launches Sustainable Cities Program

May

Anti-Botnia March in Uruguay Breaks Record!

Uruguay and Argentina Agree to Put Relocation of Mill on the Negotiations Table

April

Another Defeat for Open-Air Cyanide Mining in Argentina

King of Spain Holds Mediation Meeting in Madrid

Sustained International Roadblocks Against Pulp Mill in Uruguay Hits Record 4 Months!

March

Gore Speaks to Norwegians on Global Warming

OSCARs and NOBELs meet in Norway to Discuss Corporate Social Responsibility High Level CSR Conference Gets Underway in Oslo

Argentina Has its First Equator Bank

Barrick Gold Abandons Gold Mining Project in Argentina

February

CEDHA submits a commentary on the Compliance Advisor Ombdsman (CAO) Operational Guidelines

Sustained International Roadblocks Against Pulp Mill in Uruguay Hits Record 3 Months

January

Finnish Parliamentary Ombudsman Receives Complaint in Botnia Investment Conflict

Following ICJ Verdict, Stakeholders Prepare for Extended Opposition

CEDHA Appeals to OECD Investment Committee over Finnish NCP Handling of Botnia Specific Instance

International Court Rejects Uruguay’s Claim for Provisional Measures

First time that ALL Terrestrial crossing between Argentina and Uruguay Blocked by Stakeholder Communities against Finnish Paper Pulp Mill by Botnia

Bilateral Crisis Deepens in Uruguay-Argentina

French Bank Calyon Confirms Support to Controversial Pulp Mill Project by Botnia