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Free Trade Agreements, Corporate Rights and Resource Extraction in

the Americas

University of Ottawa

Faculty of Law – Fauteux Hall/Pavillon

Room FTX 351

57 Louis Pasteur

Ottawa, ON

K1N 6N5PUBLIC FORUM WITH GUEST SPEAKERS:



MANUEL PEREZ ROCHA, IPS Washington DC - Associate Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C. where he directs an advocacy and research project on "the Security and Prosperity Partnership and the NAFTA Plus Agenda." Manuel works in coordination with the Alliance for Responsible Trade in the United States and is a member of the Mexican Action Network on Free Trade (RMALC).

Mr. Perez Rocha will be addressing the effects of Free Trade Agreements in reference to Foreign Investors’ Rights. Moreover, Mr. Perez Rocha will be discussing the Pac Rim Cayman LLC v The Republic of El Salvador case currently being heard before the World Bank’s International Claims and Investment Disputes Tribunal.

JENNIFER MOORE, MINING WATCH, Ottawa – Latin America Program Coordinator at Mining Watch where she supports communities, organizations, and networks struggling with mining issues throughout Latin America. Ms. Moore is a freelance print and broadcast journalist with twelve years’ experience in social justice journalism, a third of which she has gained while living and working in Ecuador.

While in South America from 2006 to 2010, Ms. Moore researched and wrote popular and academic articles about the struggles of indigenous and non-indigenous communities affected by Canadian-financed mining companies. She is also founder of the Canadian Allies Network in support of Salvadoran civil society’s National Roundtable on Mining in El Salvador.



“DEW DROPS THAT GO TO THE SEA: A VIDEO MANUAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESISTANCE:” In 2011, youth working for the Association for Economic and Social Development of Santa Marta (ADES) in El Salvador produce this documentary documenting efforts by Cabañas civil society organizations to prevent mining. The youth’s goal was to share the region’s lessons-learned with other communities struggling to protect their environment.



Event Organized by SalvAide, Mining Watch and LALSA

SPONSORS: Council of Canadians and LACSN

This event will be held in English