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Human rights, environment and mining

Brown Bag Lunch Discussion with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment and SOURCE International, held on October 21, 2019.

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Cover picture: Children in Cerro de Pasco, Peru, such suffer severe health impacts caused by mining, including contamination by heavy metals. Credits: © SOURCE International

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