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THE CHEVRON CASE: Debate with Representatives of the Affected Communities of the Ecuadorian Amazon
Thursday September 15 @ 7:00pm @ Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 252 Bloor St. W., Floor 2, Room 212, TORONTO
Organizers: International Human Rights Program of the University of Toronto (IHRP), Mining Watch Canada, Educators for Peace and Justice, and Union of People Affected by the Oil Operations of Texaco (now Chevron) (UDAPT)
Sponsored by: Latin American Studies of the University of Toronto (LAS)
This week the court of Toronto will hold a trial concerning the recognition and enforcement of the Ecuadorian sentence condemning Chevron to pay for the remediation of the damages caused in the Amazon. The Indigenous and peasant communities seek to seize Chevron’s assets in Canada to comply with its liability ($9.5 billion) to remediate the enormous damages caused in the Amazon. This is one of the most important contamination cases in the world. The trial outcome will set a worldwide precedent for affected people whose rights have been violated by transnational corporations.
In this debate, the delegation of the Ecuadorian Amazon, the main coordinator of the Union of People Affected by the Oil Operations of Texaco (now Chevron) – UDAPT as well as the main lawyer of the case, will bring their testimonies on the 22 year struggle against Chevron and expose the actual situation of the case in different countries. The debate with experts will focus on the challenges of this trial in Canada as well as on the international level. Also see: http://chevrontoxico.com/assets/docs/2016-09-07-canada-open-letter.pdf
This debate will be moderated by Juan Carranza, B.A., LL.B., M.B.A.
Contact: UDAPT – Maria-Eugenia Garces, tel.: +593 2 273 533; Email:casotexaco@gmail.com
Event Coordination Contact: Derik Chica, Email: derikchica@gmail.com
We welcome the following panelists in this debate:
– Humberto Piaguaje, Siekopai: executive coordinator of the Union of people affected by the oil operations of Texaco (now Chevron) – UDAPT, representing 30 000 peasants and indigenous of 5 nations in the Ecuadorian Amazon
– Pablo Fajardo, main lawyer of the UDAPT, coordinating trials to enforce the Ecuadorian sentence for the remediation (9.5 billion dollars) in Argentina, Brasil, Ecuador, Canada and USA
– Cory Wanless, lawyer at Klippensteins Barristers and Solicitors. Cory represents clients in the areas of corporate accountability, native rights, environmental law. Along with Murray Klippenstein, he represented the IHRP, MiningWatch and the Canadian Center for International Justice in an joint intervention at the Supreme Court of Canada in the matter of Yaiguaje v. Chevron.
