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Human Rights Rapporteur Writes GOB On Mayas
posted (August 27, 2013)
The Mayas of southern Belize have been agitating for their rights and in April the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food has sent a letter to the government of Belize, US Capital Energy in Belize and its parent company in the US. The nine page letter speaks to a number of issues and gives the government 60 days to respond before the communication becomes public. No response was made and the letter is now being made public.

It warns the government about the impact of oil concessions on the access to food, the communities' lack of consent to activities happening in their traditional lands, and the Government's disregard for rulings of the Supreme Court and the Inter American Commission on Human Rights.

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