ForumCiv has published a report on the linkages between the extractive industries and threats to human rights defenders/civil society and a report on the effects of coal mining in Colombia, where the Swedish energy company Vattenfall and the national pension funds (AP-fonderna) are investigated.
- Defending their rights, risking their lives – Shrinking civic space and extractive industries
- As black as coal – Business and human rights with focus on coal mining in Colombia
Swedwatch has published several reports on extractive industries, including copper, jade and platinum.
- Overlooked and undermined – jade mining operations in Myanmar
- Carrying the costs – human rights risks in South Africa’s platinum industry
- Copper with a cost – a case study from Zambia about human rights and environmental risks in the copper mining sector
- Undercutting rights – human rights risks due to clearing of rainforest in Cameroon
- Childhood lost – child labour at diamond mines in Congo Kinshasa
Human Rights Watch has published a report and a film on child labour used at gold mines in the Philippines.
Amnesty International has published a number of reports on human rights abuses linked to the extraction of natural resources.
- This is what we die for
- Time to recharge – abuse at cobalt mining sites in Congo Kinshasa
- Negligence in the Niger Delta – oil companies and oil spills in Nigeria
- When land is lost, do we eat coal? – coal mining and indigenous peoples’ rights in India
Global Witness has published several reports about oil, gas and mining as well as logging.
International trade unions such as International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and IndustriALL Global Union have published several reports about risks for workers, for example within mining.