Legal Topic:
Business and human rights
Geographic relevance:
Canada
Language:
English
Data type:
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Indigenous Mayan Q’eqchi’ Peoples from Guatemala have filed a claim in the Canadian courts against the Canadian mining TNC Hudbay Minerals Inc and two of its subsidiaries.
They allege that members of the police and military committed acts of violence, including murder, assault and rape while under the control of Hudbay. They argue that the company negligently directed, controlled, monitored and supervised the security forces deployed to secure Hudbay’s mining project in Guatemala.
In 2013, the Canadian courts accepted jurisdiction and the case will proceed to trial.
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