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September 7, 2015     |    Pablo de Greiff

A/HRC/30/42
Report to the Human Rights Council by the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation, and guarantees of non-recurrence on on the main elements of a framework for designing State policies regarding “guarantees of non-recurrence,” offering conceptual clarity to the term and suggesting structuring such policies around three main spheres of intervention: institutional, societal, and cultural and individual,

Reports and Briefing Papers
December 7, 2015     |    Ellie Happel, Margaret L. Satterthwaite,

Haiti stands at a crossroads: The prospect of gold mining glitters on the horizon, while the reality of political turmoil, weak institutions, and widespread impoverishment glares in the foreground. Minerals can be exploited only once. This moment, before mining has begun, presents a unique opportunity for Haiti to hold a robust public debate about the risks and benefits of mining for the Haitian people, and to implement preventive measures to avoid future human rights abuses and environmental harms. Such a debate requires transparency, information sharing, and active engagement of Haitian communities. Until now, most discussions about mining have occurred among government officials, company stakeholders, and international financial institutions behind closed doors. There is a dearth of information in the public domain about what gold mining entails, what challenges it poses, what opportunities it presents, and what it may mean for communities and the country as a whole. The purpose of this report is to help fill that gap.

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