“Police in the Pay of Mining Companies The responsibility of Switzerland and Peru for human rights violations in mining dispute”
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 1 Dic 2013
Ubicación: Perú
Empresas
Antamina (joint venture BHP, Glencore, Teck Resources, Mitsubishi Corporation) - Parent CompanyProyectos
Antamina - UnknownAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Comunidad: ( Número desconocido - Ubicación desconocida - Sector desconocido , Gender not reported )Temas
Golpizas y violencia , Acceso al agua , Derecho a la tierra/territorio , Strikes and other work stoppages , Water pollution , Soil pollution , Insufficient/inadequate consultation , Forced Relocation , Occupational Health & Safety , Personal Health , Ownership of Property & PossessionsRespuesta
Response sought: No
Tipo de fuente: NGO
…For this report, Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) and the three Peruvian non-governmental organisations Grufides, Derechos Humanos sin Fronteras and Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos have examined in detail agreements concluded with the Peruvian National Police Force by the following seven mining corporations - Compañía Minera Antamina S.A.[joint venture BHP Billiton, Glencore, Teck, Mitsubishi Corporation], Compañía Minera Santa Luisa S.A., Gold Fields La Cima S.A., Minera Sulliden Shahuindo SAC, Minera Xstrata Tintaya S.A./ BHP Tintaya S.A., Compañia Minera Coimolache and Minera Yanacocha SRL [part of Buenaventura & Newmont]. These agreements allow the mining companies to request a permanent police security presence and also to ask for rapid large-scale deployment of police units if protests are suspected. Under the provisions of the agreements the police conduct routine patrols aimed at “preventing, detecting and neutralising” threats…