International Human Rights Program Report critiques GoldCorp's Human Rights Policy

(May 16, 2011) The International Human Rights Program (IHRP) has released a report assessing GoldCorp’s stated commitments to human rights, ahead of the company's annual general meeting in Vancouver. At the meeting, shareholders will be asked to vote on whether the Canadian mining company should temporarily suspend operation of the Marlin mine, a particularly notorious open-pit gold mine in Guatemala.

Find out more and read the report on the IHRP website.

In conjunction with the release of the report, IHRP director Renu Mandhane published a commentary in The Vancouver Sun analyzing the situation regarding this mine, including the alleged human rights violations ("A message to GoldCorp shareholders: the Guatemalan people need your votes," May 17, 2011).

Read the full commentary.