Armenia: Locals file lawsuit against Agarak combine demanding compensation for orchards' pollution with industrial wastewater & restoration of their lands
요약
보고된 날짜: 2020년 4월 1일
위치: 아르메니아
기업 페이지
Agarak Copper-Molybdenum Combine - Subsidiary , GeoProMining - Parent Company프로젝트
Agarak mine - Operation영향받은
영향받은 사람의 수: 숫자를 알 수 없음
Community: ( 숫자를 알 수 없음 - 아르메니아 , 채굴 , Gender not reported )토픽들
토양오염 , 생계에 미치는 영향결과
응답 요청 여부: 예, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre에 의해 요청됨
출처: NGO
Kartchevan residents sued Agarak Copper and Molybdenum Combine, 1 April 2020
Simon Khachikyan and Emin Tumanyan, the residents of Kartchevan Village, Syunik Region, filed a lawsuit to Syunik Region Court of General Jurisdiction against Agarak Copper and Molybdenum Combine. They are demanding compensation for the damage caused in the form of the pollution of their orchards with industrial wastewater coming out of the plant and the restoration of their lands. In her conversation with EcoLur, Plaintiffs' Advocate Mariam Abrahamyan said that they are now for the case examination.
According to the advocate, in connection with the problem they applied to Nature Protection and Mining Inspection Body in 2019. "We were told that based on Article 113 of Water Code, the plant was required to immediately stop the damaging activity until the problem is resolved in accordance with the Code, laying down about the penalties in case the activities don’t stop. They also wrote that the Inspection has no right to calculate the damage caused to a person, proposing to settle the issue in accordance with the procedure established by the civil legislation...