Deal #809
Colombia
Created at
2013-02-15
Last update
2023-03-26
Last full update
2023-03-26
Names of communities / indigenous peoples affected
Name of community
Indigenous reserve of Uradá-Jiguamiandó
Name of indigenous people
Embera
Comment on communities / indigenous peoples affected
Eleven indigenous communities and two Afro-Colombians.
Recognition status of community land tenure
Recognition status of community land tenure
Indigenous Peoples traditional or customary rights recognized by government, Community traditional or customary rights recognized by government
Consultation of local community
Community consultation
Limited consultation
Comment on consultation of local community
The local communities assert that the company did not do a proper or even legal consultation. They argue that the people that signed the documents for the previous consultation required under Colombian legislation did not even live in the area of influence of the project. Additionally, they argue that they were pressed under different mechanisms to sign those documents. It seems that the company has tried to bribe some members of the company to sigh the mining permits.
http://www.biodiversidadla.org/Documentos/Colombia_comunidades_indigenas_Embera_defienden_su_vida_de_proyecto_minero
https://cdn.dejusticia.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/fi_name_recurso_534.pdf
On 2021, the project was awaiting the convocation of the Ministry of the Interior for the beginning of meetings in the prior consultation process.
How did the community react?
Community reaction
Rejection
Presence of land conflicts
Presence of land conflicts
Yes
Comment on presence of land conflicts
In 2009 there was a militarization of the area by the national army. A few months after the judgment by the Constitutional Court, there was a bombing the by the air force, resulting in some injured people and the murder of a baby.
Displacement of people
Displacement of people
Yes
Comment on displacement of people
o The Colombian Constitutional Court of Justice has signaled the embera communities in constant danger of displacement due to those mining mega projects in their areas.
Negative impacts for local communities
Negative impacts for local communities
Environmental degradation, Displacement, Violence
Comment on negative impacts for local communities
Food security, Landscape degradation, Deforestation and loss of cultivated area.
Promised or received compensation
Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
The company promised the improvement of road infrastructure and reforestation in the area of influence.
https://www.business-humanrights.org//sites/default/files/reports-and-materials/Sentencia-Corte-Suprema-Colombia-sobre-Muriel-Mining-27-mayo-2009.pdf
Promised benefits for local communities
Promised benefits for local communities
Roads, Other
Comment on promised benefits for local communities
Reforestation
Presence of organizations and actions taken (e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.)
Presence of organizations and actions taken (e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.)
Christian Aid. Organización de Indígena de Antioquia (OIA), Organización Nacional Indígena de Colombia (Oniac), Censat Agua Viva, Comisión Intereclesial de Justicia y Paz, Resguardos Indigenas de Guagas, Coredocito, Coredó, la Isla y Chajeradó, Instituto, Instituto, Instituto de los Desarrollas, Coredocito, Coredó, la Isla y Chajeradó, Instituto, Instituto, Instituto de los Desarrollas, Coredocito. Paz-Indepaz, Resguardos Indígenas de Urada-Jiguamiandó y Murindó del Pueblo Embera-Catío