Press Release Just ahead of Zimbabwe’s elections (scheduled for 31 July 2013), Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID), a British NGO, is calling for an investigation under US sanctions into past payments made by Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (‘Och-Ziff’), a New York hedge fund. Read the executive summary and full briefing here.
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Press Release OECD complaint filed against Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) regarding DRC mining communities A complaint has been brought by Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID), a human rights organisation, concerning mining assets controlled by companies associated with ENRC in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The complaint under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational
Communiqué de presse conjoint Destructions illégales en RDC – L’entreprise George Forrest International refuse d’indemniser les villageois victimes de démolitions à Kawama, dans la province du Katanga
Joint Press Release Belgian OECD National Contact Point fails the victims of alleged corporate abuse
Communiqué de presse Pas de justice au Canada pour les victimes congolaises de massacre: la Cour suprême du Canada rejette l’autorisation d’appel Par une décision qui met un terme à toute possibilité de réparation judiciaire au Canada pour les victimes du massacre de Kilwa, la Cour suprême du Canada a rejeté la demande d’autorisation d’appel
Press Release In a decision that represents the end of any judicial relief in Canada for victims of the Kilwa massacre, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the application for leave to appeal brought in the case against Anvil Mining by The Canadian Association against Impunity (CAAI), an organization representing survivors and families of victims
The Non-Governmental Organisations RAID, ACIDH and FIDH have supported the efforts of the residents of Kawama, a village on the outskirts of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), to seek compensation for their homes, which were demolished in an operation undertaken in 2009 by the Congolese police and the Compagnie Minière du Sud
Communiqué de Presse L’Association canadienne contre l’impunité (ACCI) s’est adressée aujourd’hui à la Cour suprême du Canada au nom de familles congolaises. Les familles veulent faire renverser une décision de la Cour d’appel du Québec qui a refusé d’entendre une cause portant sur les violations des droits humains perpétrées par la compagnie canadienne Anvil Mining
Press Release The Canadian Association Against Impunity (CAAI) has today filed an application with the Supreme Court of Canada on behalf of Congolese families. The families are seeking leave to appeal the Quebec Court of Appeal’s decision to dismiss a human rights case against the Canadian corporation Anvil Mining Limited. The appeal will decide whether
Press Release The Canadian Association Against Impunity (CAAI), expressed its profound disappointment with last week’s decision by the Quebec Court of Appeal overturning the decision of the Quebec Superior Court in the case against Anvil Mining Limited. While acknowledging the difficulties that the victims have encountered in their attempt to obtain justice, the appeal Court