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25 Sep Warning issued over stigmatisation campaign against human rights defenders in Unión Hidalgo

Posted at 05:48h in Blog ProDESC, Comunicados, Noticias, Sin categoría by Estefania Diaz

[button size='large' style='' text='Download press release' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/145R02nWrtJj3IvL0qYSjcO1Om4W0EEUI?usp=sharing' target='_blank' color='#ffffff' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='#600343' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] Unión Hidalgo, Oaxaca / Mexico City, 25 September 2026. — The Collective in Defence of Human Rights and Communal Assets in Unión Hidalgo and the Project...

23 Sep Mapuche Williche delegation brings its call for respect for Indigenous rights in the Pilmaiquén–Statkraft case to Oslo

Posted at 14:39h in Blog ProDESC, Comunicados, Noticias, Sin categoría by Estefania Diaz

[button size='' style='' text='Download photos and press release' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ETfh7mkTMhmZDedwbhOmNcXWixzFyWCV?usp=sharing' target='_blank' color='' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] Mapuche Williche representatives and allied organizations held a public action outside the Norwegian Parliament to highlight community concerns regarding Statkraft’s hydropower projects and to...

21 Sep French Court to Hear Case Brought by Mexican Indigenous Community Against French Company EDF

Posted at 08:23h in Blog ProDESC, Comunicados, Noticias, Sin categoría by Estefania Diaz

- Hearing in the Unión Hidalgo v. EDF case will take place on 24 September in Paris Paris / Mexico City, September 21th, 2026. — After nearly six years of legal proceedings, ProDESC today announced that the Paris Judicial Court will examine on September 24 at...

17 Sep Human Rights Organisations Bring Expertise from the Global South to European Guidelines on Corporate Due Diligence

Posted at 07:37h in Blog ProDESC, Comunicados, Noticias, Sin categoría by Estefania Diaz

ProDESC and the Business and Human Rights Centre present technical recommendations to ensure that the implementation of the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive prioritizes the rights of affected individuals and communities. Mexico City / Berlin / London, September 17, 2026.— The Project on...

09 Sep JUDICIAL RULING RECOGNIZES ASEA AND SEMARNAT’S AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT A STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ESTABLISH A MORATORIUM ON LNG PROJECTS IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA

Posted at 16:18h in Blog ProDESC, blog-english, Comunicados, Noticias, Sin categoría by Abigail

The ruling requires authorities to provide a complete and comprehensive response to the request to protect the Gulf of California from fossil gas projects, including projects still awaiting authorization, such as Amigo LNG. The decision comes at a critical moment, as a proposed amendment...

19 Aug Indigenous communities file complaint in Norway against Statkraft under Transparency Act

Posted at 16:33h in Blog ProDESC, Comunicados, Noticias, Sin categoría by Estefania Diaz

- Complaint tests Norway’s human rights obligations as Europe’s largest renewable energy generator faces scrutiny over operations in Indigenous territory. Oslo / Mexico City / Pilmayken Territory, 18 August 2026. Mapuche Williche communities from southern Chile have filed a complaint in Norway against Statkraft AS, Europe's...

27 Jul U.S. forced-labor tariffs put spotlight on landmark Mexican court case over USMCA enforcement

Posted at 22:58h in Blog ProDESC, Comunicados by Estefania Diaz

Empower and ProDESC challenge Mexican authorities’ refusal to investigate Xinjiang-linked surveillance imports as a new 10% U.S. tariff on Mexican goods takes effect. MEXICO CITY, July 27, 2026 — A landmark lawsuit challenging Mexico’s failure to effectively enforce the USMCA prohibition on imports made with forced...

16 Apr Call for an urgent investigation following a violent attack during the funeral of a Mapuche human rights defender in Chile, and warn of inaction by the State and influential actors in the region

Posted at 19:08h in Blog ProDESC, Comunicados, Noticias, Sin categoría by Estefania Diaz

[button size='large' style='' text='Descargar fotografías y videos' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16MCXxzeyvjMkdL88CnE_opECy8bxt_7G?usp=drive_link' target='_blank' color='#ffffff' hover_color='' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='#600343' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] Mexico City and Pilmaiquén, Chile, April 16, 2026.– Human rights organizations denounced serious acts of violence that occurred during the funeral of Jaime Uribe Montiel,...

15 Apr Urgent Action Required to Ensure a Dignified Burial for Jaime Uribe, a Mapuche Williche Human Rights Defender, in a Ceremonial Cemetery, and to Avert an Escalation of Conflict

Posted at 17:42h in Blog ProDESC, Comunicados, Noticias, Sin categoría by Estefania Diaz

Mexico City and Pilmaiquén, Chile, April 15, 2026. Human rights organizations and traditional authorities of the Mapuche Williche People have denounced efforts to block the burial of Jaime Uribe Montiel—a Werken and Mapuche Williche human rights defender—in the Maihue-Carimallin ceremonial cemetery, a sacred site of ancestral...

19 Aug ProDESC requests precautionary measures from the IACHR to protect Mapuche Williche defenders and prevent irreparable harm from hydroelectric project in Chile

Posted at 15:51h in Blog ProDESC, Comunicados, Informes, Noticias by Estefania Diaz

[button size='big_large' style='' text='Download' icon='' icon_color='' link='https://prodesc.org.mx/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/English-ProDESC-requests-precautionary-measures-from-the-IACHR-to-protect-Mapuche-Williche-defenders-and-prevent-irreparable-harm-from-hydroelectric-project-in-Chile.pdf' target='_blank' color='#ffffff' hover_color='#ffffff' border_color='' hover_border_color='' background_color='#5B0920' hover_background_color='' font_style='' font_weight='' text_align='' margin=''] Mexico City, August 15, 2025. – The Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Project (ProDESC) submitted a request for precautionary measures to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)...