Human Rights 
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Corporations and Human Rights
Mining activities across the globe violate the fundamental rights of disadvantaged groups including indigenous people, women, children, workers and local communities. There are major gaps in domestic and international legal regimes that allow corporations to evade responsiblity or accountabilty for human rights violations.
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Rio Tinto's Shame File
Since 1992, Rio Tinto's Kelian Gold Mine in East Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, has produced 14 tonnes of gold per year. This mine operates fifty metres from the nearest watercourse, a tributary of the enormous Mahakham River on which thousands of people rely for their subsistence lifestyles.
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Dayak People displaced by Presidential Decree at Australian owned Aurora Gold mine
The struggle of the Dayak Siang, Murung, and Bekumpai indigenous people to reclaim their rights stolen by PT Indo Muro Kencana (Aurora Gold), an Australian gold mining company operating since 1987, has been confronted with further human rights violations. The perpetrators of these particular violations are military and local government officials of North Barito District who have implemented the Presidential Decree No. 3/2000 on the subject of Illegal Miners Resolution not in the way it was intended rather they have taken advantage of the Decree for their own interest.
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WALHI Calls for the closure of PT Barisan Gold’s mine
On January 22, 2000, WALHI of South Sumatra, a local NGO, issued its press release calling for the shut down of PT Barisan Tropical Mining (PT BTM)/Laverton’s Gold and PT Barisan Sumatra Mining (PT BSM), which shall continue the operations of PT BTM.
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The Controversy Over Renegotiation of Freeport's Contract of Work
Renegotiation is a simple word which seems to be easier said than done, especially if it’s related to multiple interests such as those expressed in PT Freeport Indonesia’s (FI) Contract of Work (CoW). Up to now, renegotiation has remained a subject of controversy, without ever becoming a reality. The word ‘renegotiation’ is treated like a lethal plague that will bring the end of investments to a country deeply buried in economic crisis.
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Don't sell Papua's future to Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger takes advantage of his status as ex US Secretary of State to push the President of the Republic of Indonesia to respect the Contract of Work (COW) of PT. Freeport Indonesia Company. Henry Kissinger even threatens Indonesia by saying that if the government does not respect COW, there will be no investors come to this country.
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