Marlin (gold; San Miguel Ixtahuacán and Sipacapa, San Marcos; Maya Mam and Sipakapense peoples): the Sipacapa municipal consultation (June 2005) was almost unanimously against and the Constitutional Court (CC) declared it non-binding (2007); the human rights assessment Goldcorp itself commissioned (May 17, 2010) called for activities to stop; the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) granted precautionary measure MC 260-07 on May 20, 2010 asking for the mine to be suspended, modified on 9 December 2011 to drop the suspension and focus on access to uncontaminated drinking and irrigation water. Closure and remediation since June 2017, with the reputation of Guatemala's mining sector mortgaged for a decade.
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- CIDH precautionary measure MC 260-07
Granted 20 May 2010; amended 9 Dec 2011
2010-2011Business & Human Rights Resource Centre - Marlin closure
June 2017
2017CNCA-RCRCE