28 January 2013
The following comments on Barrick’s remedial framework [The Framework] for victims of human rights abuses committed by Barrick personnel at the Porgera Joint Venture (PJV) mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) raise concern that the framework does not reflect best practice and is not sufficiently protective of the rights of the women who have been harmed by sexual violence at the hands of Barrick personnel. The comments that follow are based on the framework text “Olgeta Meri Igat Raits: A Framework of Remediation Initiatives in Response to Violence Against Women in the Porgera Valley”.
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