FINAL (rev4) - April 2022 - Two Faces of Canadian Economic Diplomacy Report (JCAP

It describes the conduct of the Canadian authorities in response to the IACHR request and details the myriad interventions made by Canada that appear to: 1) attempt to discredit the human rights and environmental concerns that formed the basis of communities’ IACHR petition; 2) pressure the Government of Guatemala to disregard the suspension request; and 3) advocate on behalf of Goldcorp and lever. [...] Instead, the measures’ precautionary function aims to preserve legal situations while the bodies of the Inter-American system analyze a petition or case, and their protective function seeks to protect the exercise of human rights, taking into account the particularities of each specific situation and the nature of the risks and harm that the request seeks to prevent from occurring. [...] This section identifies and describes two obligations that were engaged in the circumstances of Canada’s response to the IACHR precautionary measures: the duty to respect the independence and impartiality of the IACHR, and the duty to promote the respect for human rights. [...] The Obligation to Respect the Independence and Impartiality of the IACHR The OAS Charter established the IACHR with a mandate to promote the observance and protection of human rights in accordance with the provisions of the American Declaration.135 To this end, the IACHR hears allegations of violations of the rights guaranteed in the American Declaration and the American Convention.136 In this cap. [...] 28 Electronic copy available at: A number of UN treaty bodies, including the Human Rights Committee,140 the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,141 the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,142 the Committee on the Rights of the Child,143 and the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women,14.