Way Forward - Business and Human Rights in China

Mayling ChanEast Asia Researcher & Coordinator

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

CRCC 中国铁建

Beginning in 2005, a series of protest activities against large-scale mining took place throughoutEcuador, including in the Zamora Chinchipe and Morona Santiago provinces. Social mobilizationshave been carried out by indigenous communities, peasant farmer communities, andboth urban and rural populations. Public authorities, including representatives of parish boards, municipalities, and provinces, have also participated.

During and after some protest mobilizations, there have been reports of numerous cases ofrepression, judicial harassment, and criminalization targeting both social leaders and thegeneral population. In 2008, the National Constituent Assembly responded to this repressionby granting amnesties to participants in the protests, shelving hundreds of investigations andcriminal proceedings. The move effectively acknowledged the legitimacy of peoples’ strugglesto defend their territory and nature.

Tongling did not respond. China Railway Construction Corporation

responded:“我公司参与投资的厄瓜多尔铜矿项目，目前正在进行项目前期研究，还没有进入正式开采阶段，据我们掌握的情况，土著人权利被侵犯是不存在的，此种指控没有任何依据。近年来，随着我公司海外业务规模的不断扩大，我们在谋求企业自身发展的同时，时刻重视并积极参与当地社会公益事业，积极履行社会责任，努力实现“企业持续发展”和“为当地社会造福”的双赢局面。我们也致力环保，注重节能，坚持以人为本，坚持企业与员工共同成长、共同发展的理念。”

The 40-page publication...documents how the Norwegian Pension Fund-Global (Fund) has USD $4.7 billion invested in 15 oil and gas companies from eight countries operating in Burma. The report finds these companies complicit in abuses such as forced labor, killings, and land confiscation in Burma, putting Norway in violation of its own Ethical Guidelines for responsible investment. [The Resource Centre invited the 15 firms to respond – see link below for the responses. CNOOC, Essar Oil, KOGAS, PTTEP, Total, Transocean have responded. Chevron responded that it supports Total’s statement. GAIL of India and JX Holdings declined to respond. Hyundai Heavy Industries, Daewoo Intl., PTT and Posco did not respond. PetroChina said that they do not have operations in Burma - their parent company, CNPC, does; CNPC did not respond. We are still following up with Kunlun Energy] Weekly Update of 16 Jan., 2011.

Related topics: Individual companies Chevron CNOOC (China National Offshore Oil Corporation) Daewoo International Essar Group GAIL (Gas Authority of India Ltd.) Hyundai Group KOGAS (Korea Gas Corporation) PetroChina Posco PTT PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP, part of PTT) Total Transocean Issues Complicity Displacement Killings Regions / Countries Burma (Myanmar) Norway Sectors Oil, gas & coal

CONTEXT: some facts The presence of the mining company Rio Blanco Copper has

been contested ever since its arrival in 2002. During two peaceful marches in April 2004 and July 2005 two local leaders died. Recently, in October 2009, as a consequence of the torture of 28 farmers at the mining site during the second march, the funds of the company were frozen. In November 2009, another three persons died during an attack at the mining site, the investigation is still ongoing.

  It must be emphasized that during a popular referendum the

17 of September 2007, 94.8% of the inhabitants of the districts of Pacaipampa, Ayavaca, Carmen de la Frontera declared itself to be against the mining company. Some of the most important reasons for refusing the company are its (il)legality, the violation of human rights, and the socio-environmental risks.

  SOURCE : www.catapa.be

本中心藉此函欲邀请阁下对最近 Michael Watts (电影制片人 )就贵公司紫金矿业集团股份有限公司 (也包括铜陵有色金属集团控股有限公司和厦门建发集团有限公司 )被指控在秘魯 Rio Blanco 項目鎮壓農民作出回应。我们希望给贵公司回应的机会 .

Hong Kong Stock Exchanges and Clearing are invited to comment on Zijin Mining.