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Peru: The proposed re-licensing of heavily polluted land in the Department of Loreto region would perpetuate and exacerbate serious violations of human rights of indigenous peoples, including their right to health, food and water, warn two UN experts on indigenous peoples and toxic waste: sm.ohchr.org/16oaNeZ “Peru has obligations to clean up the toxic oil spilled to protect the rights of people in the region, and to hold the companies accountable for their failure to respect human rights, before re-licensing the land and making an awful situation worse,” UN Special Rapporteur on toxic waste Baskut Tuncak notes.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 13:05:12 +0000

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