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Acacia Mining Faces New Human Rights Problems in Tanzania
Acacia's board of directors is urged to stop employing the Tanzanian police and suspend its problematic grievance process at its North Mara gold mine.
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Mark Bristow’s Headache as New CEO of Barrick Gold
Mark Bristow begins his new job today. He will need to resolve the significant human rights and corruption challenges at Barrick's Acacia Mining in Tanzania.
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Barrick and Randgold Warned About Rights Abuses Ahead of Merger
Executives at Barrick Gold and Randgold Resources are warned about human rights abuses at Acacia Mining’s North Mara Gold Mine in Tanzania ahead of merger.
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Tanzanian Government investigation receives hundreds of reports of violence and deaths at Acacia’s North Mara Mine
Tanzanian Government has acknowledged the scale of violence surrounding the North Mara Gold Mine, say MiningWatch Canada and RAID in their most recent field assessment.
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In Need of Repair: Acacia Mining’s Grievance Mechanism at North Mara Gold Mine, Tanzania
After a meeting with Acacia Mining in London, RAID and MiningWatch Canada call for extensive repair of the North Mara Grievance Mechanism
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ENRC (now Eurasian Resources Group) failed to respect human rights, says UK government watchdog
The UK government has sent a clear message to investors in high risk environments, like the Congo, that they cannot evade their human rights responsibilities.
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NGOs Warn: ‘Companies Duck Responsibility for Abuse Because of Flawed Human Rights Guidance, Lack of Independent Oversight’
Company grievance mechanisms are more about protecting or refurbishing a company’s reputation than providing an effective remedy to the victims of corporate-related human rights abuse.
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Acacia Mining should overhaul flawed grievance mechanism at its North Mara Mine, Tanzania
Acacia Mining (Acacia), a subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corp., in its public reaction to RAID’s 17 November press release with MiningWatch Canada makes a number of unfounded assertions. The company refers to ‘factual inaccuracies’ in material about its subsidiary, the North Mara Gold Mine Ltd (NMGML) in Tanzania, and claims that MiningWatch and RAID have repeatedly failed to engage with Acacia, NMGML, and its NGO partner, Search for Common Ground.
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Clarification sought from Barrick and Acacia
Human Rights Impact Assessments
In their separate responses to RAID of March 2015, both Acacia Mining plc (formerly known as African Barrick Gold plc – ABG) and Barrick Gold Corporation state:
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Rethinking the UN Guiding Principles and company grievance mechanisms
A briefing released today by RAID calls on the UK and other governments to rectify serious problems in the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. The existing framework allows companies to privatise and control the implementation of human rights.