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UNEA Talks Call Attention on Human Rights Abuses Linked to Mining

As states meet for the United Nations Environment Assembly, Colombia and several other countries have proposed a binding global treaty to address environmental and human rights risks in mineral extraction, including measures for due diligence and supply chain transparency.

Human Rights Watch reports that communities impacted by mineral extraction are still grappling with land dispossession, environmental harm, unsafe working conditions, and violations on labor and Indigenous rights, especially in areas that provide minerals for electronics and energy technologies.

https://goodelectronics.org/unea-talks-call-attention-on-human-rights-abuses-linked-to-mining/

via Juliane Kippenberg/Human Rights Watch

UNEA Talks Call Attention on Human Rights Abuses Linked to Mining As states meet for the United Nations Environment Assembly, Colombia and several other countries have proposed a binding global treaty to address environmental and human rights risks in mineral extraction, including measures for due diligence and supply chain transparency. This initiative calls atte...

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