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Extraction industries pose a serious threat to the environment and human health, especially in less developed countries that desperately need foreign exchange.

WHAT ARE THE LEGAL CLAIMS/REMEDIES BEING SOUGHT BY VICTIMS OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS?

One of the major problems for victims of development projects is the use of local remedies for dealing with environmental and human rights abuses. From my experience in Honduras the local remedies are almost non existent due to ineffective courts, corruption and lack of knowledge and experience in dealing with mining issues as well as lack of jurisdiction. Local remedies can be good for bringing attention/pressure to bear eg placing complaints/denunciations at the Environmental Ombudsman.

Human Rights Workshop, February 2, 2002