Justice for local communities in mining regions

On 30 April 2021, Pax Christi International offered Latin American activists the opportunity to express their complaints during the webinar Access to Justice for Latin American Communities Resisting Extractive Companies. The activists were offered concrete opportunities to influence decision making on the binding Human Rights treaty regulating the activities of international business which is currently tabled by the Human Rights Council and to give input into policy discussions on a mandatory system of due diligence for supply chains in the European Union. In addition, the Laudato Si Action Platform engages local communities in achieving sustainability in seven years, inspired by Pope Francis. 

The webinar addresses legal solutions to responsible innovation for sustainable development discussed in my book Future Technologies We Want, where I argue for combining technological, social as well as legal solutions for three cases including conflicts over mining.