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Lima 9 de mayo. Se realizó la audiencia de apelación en la 3ra Sala Constitucional de Lima en el marco de la demanda de amparo contra Ocho Sur P. S.A.C por operar sin autorizaciones forestales y ambientales.

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Following a complaint by members of the Santa Clara de Uchunya community of the Shipibo-Konibo people, UN experts on business and human rights, Indigenous peoples, environment, defenders, and water and sanitation express concerns about the operations of the Ocho Sur oil palm company in Ucayali in the Peruvian Amazon in form

Tras una denuncia por miembros de la comunidad de Santa Clara de Uchunya del pueblo Shipibo-Konibo, expertos de las Naciones Unidas en empresas y derechos humanos, pueblos indígenas, medioambiente, defensores y agua potable y saneamiento expresan preocupaciones sobre las operaciones de la empresa de palma aceitera Ocho Sur,

Ante denuncias de violaciones graves y generalizadas de los derechos humanos de los pueblos indígenas en los Andes y la Amazonia de Perú, el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas hizo un llamado al Estado peruano para redoblar sus esfuerzos para proteger los derechos

The Regional Indigenous Guard Organisation and its recognised bases met in the Indigenous community of Santa Clara de Yarinacocha to celebrate the second anniversary of the Guard.

La Organización Regional Guardia Indígena y sus bases reconocidas se reunieron en la comunidad nativa de Santa Clara de Yarinacocha para celebrar el segundo aniversario de La Guardia.

This article was first published in Spanish by Servindi.org.

Este artículo se publicó por primera vez en Servindi.org

In October 2023, the Corporate Provincial Criminal Prosecutor's Office of Campo Verde issued a formal accusation against the company Ocho Sur P S.A.C. for the commission of the crime of aggravated usurpation to the detriment of the community of Santa Clara de Uchunya, case number 00102-2022-90-2406-JR-PE-01.

En octubre del 2023, la Fiscalía Provincial Penal Corporativa de Campo Verde dictó una acusación formal contra la empresa Ocho Sur P S.A.C.

In its first case to address major palm oil commodity trader, the Dutch National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises offered its good offices in the complaint filed by Peruvian Indigenous Leaders against Louis Dreyfus Company B.V.

En su primer caso abordando a un gran comercializador de aceite de palma, el Punto Nacional de Contacto de las Directrices para Empresas Multinacionales de la OCDE ha ofrecido sus buenos oficios en el caso presentado por Lideres y Lideresas Indígenas peruanos contra Louis Dreyfus Company B.V.

On 4 April 2023, a coalition of 24 Peruvian and international Indigenous, human rights and environmental organisations issued a statement condemning the US Ambassador in Peru’s public endorsement of the palm oil company Ocho Sur’s operati

At a press conference held by the Indigenous movement of the Shipibo-Konibo people, several testimonies were presented about the struggle of Indigenous communities in Ucayali against the abuses of the company Ocho Sur and its campaign to

En una conferencia de prensa llevada a cabo por el movimiento indígena del pueblo shipibo-konibo, se presentaron varios testimonios acerca de la lucha de las comunidades indígenas en Ucayali en contra del abuso de la empresa Ocho Sur y s

Leading Amazonian Indigenous Peoples organisations AIDESEP, ORAU, FECONAU, together with the community of Santa Clara de Uchunya, issued the following open letter in response to public remarks made on social media by the United States of America Ambassador to Peru, Lisa Kenna, following her visit to oil palm plantations operated by the Ocho Sur group on 29 March 2023.

In solidarity with the response of indigenous organizations in the Amazon, the afore-signed organizations strongly reject the recent Tweet by the U.S. Ambassador in Peru, Lisa Kenna, that was propaganda for the controversial palm oil company Ocho Sur, which operates with US investments. Our main reasons for doing so are the following:

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, Dr. David Boyd, is preparing a report on “Women, Girls and the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment,” a right recognized in 2021 by UN Human Rights Council Resolution 48/13.

El Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos humanos y el medio ambiente, el Dr.