UN Grants Protective Measures in Favor of Communities Impacted by Aura Minerals
On July 22, 2024, the Bufete Estudios para la Dignidad (BED), Movimiento Amplio por la Dignidad y la Justicia (MADJ), FUNDAMBIENTE, and Lawyers Without Borders Canada presented a petition to the UN Committee on Social, Cultural, and Economic Rights (CESCR) on behalf of the Maya Chortí community impacted by Aura Mineral’s operations in Honduras.
“We Don’t Even Know Where the Remains of our Loved Ones Are”
Despite community efforts, a transnational mining company has desecrated a 200-year old cemetery in Honduras.