Investigation of OceanaGold’s human rights record should spur regulatory action
July 18th, 2008
Filed under: Mine - Didipio, Mineral - Copper, Mineral - Gold, Operator - OceanaGold, Region 02 - Nueva Vizcaya
From: jurist.law.pitt.edu
Christina Hill [Acting Extractive Industries Advocacy Coordinator, Oxfam Australia]: “The news that the Human Rights Commission of the Philippines will investigate human rights abuses by Australian mining company OceanaGold, who is developing a gold and copper mine in Didipio is welcome. Didipio, which is located in the northern Philippines, is home to about 2,000 people including many Indigenous Peoples.
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