Lawyers for Amnesty International Canada were in a Toronto courtroom…arguing that Canadian mining companies should face justice here for alleged human-rights abuses by their subsidiaries in foreign countries. “Canadian society has a strong interest in ensuring that Canadian corporations respect human rights, wherever they may operate and whatever ownership and other business structure they may put in place to advance their operations,” Amnesty’s submission to the court reads. The human-rights group was granted intervenor status by a judge in order to weigh in on three lawsuits launched by a group of Guatemalans against Toronto-based HudBay Minerals Inc. in Ontario Superior Court over alleged human-rights abuses that date back to 2009.