...The Framework was therefore developed and implemented in good faith as a committed, meaningful and organized response to deplorable violence against women. It was developed in consultation with experts from PNG, including women’s organizations in Porgera, and leading international experts, including the authors of the Report. It was designed to be a sensitive, expeditious and culturally appropriate supplement to Papua New Guinea’s judicial system and the existing PJV grievance mechanism, in which claimants could lodge claims in a confidential setting without requiring proof or evidence, and in which considerations about the legal merit of a claim were not taken into account. Claimants receiving remedy packages signed a legal agreement indicating that they had resolved their claims against Barrick and the PJV. Thus, like all settlement agreements, the agreements reached through the Framework embodied a compromise for both sides; both sides chose the certainty offered by the Framework over the uncertainty that would have otherwise prevailed...