An investigation is to be launched by the OECD into the ESB's use of coal from a controversial Colombian mine following a complaint by human rights and environmental non-governmental organisations.
ESB referred to OECD over importing coal from north Colombian mine
A charity has submitted a formal complaint about the ESB allegedly breaching its human rights commitments. By Gráinne Ní Aodha Tuesday 19 Jan 2021, 12:38 PM Jan 19th 2021, 12:38 PM 16,965 Views 33 Comments
Two young boys looking at the El Cerrejón coal transportation train in La Guajira, Colombia
Image: Shutterstock/Anamaria Mejia
Image: Shutterstock/Anamaria Mejia
A CHARITY HAS referred the ESB to the OECD over alleged breaches of human rights by importing coal from a mine in northern Colombia.
Christian Aid said that the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will begin the process of investigating whether the State-owned ESB has breached its human-rights responsibilities by importing coal from the Cerrejón mine in La Guajira.
An investigation is to be launched by the OECD into the ESB's use of coal from a controversial Colombian mine following a complaint by human rights and environmental non-governmental organisations.
Complaint lodged against ESB over Colombian coal imports
19 January 2021
A formal complaint against the ESB has been lodged today in regards to imported coal from the Cerrejón mine in Colombia.
Filed by the Global Legal Action Network (GLAN) through Ireland’s National Contact Point to the OECD, the complaint alleges that the ESB has breached its human rights responsibilities by importing coal from the mine.
The action was supported by Christian Aid Ireland as well as a coalition of Colombian and international human rights and environmental NGOs.
Parallel complaints have also been filed through National Contact Points in Australia, the UK and Switzerland against the three international mining companies that own Cerrejón.