秘鲁塞罗德帕斯科矿业污染诉讼：联合国专家呼吁尊重人权与司法独立
联合国人权事务高级专员办事处10月28日发布消息，联合国专家呼吁在秘鲁塞罗德帕斯科矿业污染宪法诉讼中充分尊重人权与司法独立。这起诉讼针对沃尔坎矿业公司及其子公司，要求修复采矿造成的环境损害，并防止污染再次发生。
当地居民表示，30年的采矿活动造成长期污染，水源和居民血液中检出重金属，受影响社区帕拉格沙的儿童体内重金属水平超过世界卫生组织的参考值。
专家表示，他们收到信息称，一场已经排定的听证会在公司提出请求后被无解释地撤销，这在正当程序、企业以负责任方式与司法机关接触以及受影响者获得有效救济等方面引发担忧。
专家呼吁司法机关在整个诉讼过程中充分考虑国际人权规范，并呼吁公司全面、透明地配合司法程序，不得有不当影响司法的行为。联合国工商企业与人权工作组此前已就此案与秘鲁政府及沃尔坎公司进行交涉。
Peru's Cerro de Pasco Mining Pollution Case: UN Experts Urge Respect for Human Rights and Judicial Independence
UN experts have called for full respect for human rights and judicial independence in a constitutional case over mining pollution at Cerro de Pasco in Peru, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on October 28. The case is a constitutional action against the Volcan mining company and its subsidiaries seeking remediation of environmental damage and measures to prevent further harm.
Residents say three decades of mining have caused chronic pollution, with heavy metals detected in water sources and in residents' blood. In the affected community of Paragsha, heavy-metal levels in children exceed World Health Organization reference values.
The experts said they had received information that a scheduled hearing was cancelled at the company's request without explanation, raising concerns about due process, the way business engages with the judiciary, and access to effective remedy.
They urged the judiciary to take international human rights norms into account throughout the proceedings, and called on the company to cooperate fully and transparently and to refrain from any undue influence on the judiciary. The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights had previously engaged with both the Peruvian government and Volcan over the case.
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图片来源：秘鲁塞罗德帕斯科的露天矿与相邻社区（资料图）。The open-pit mine and neighbouring community at Cerro de Pasco, Peru (file photo). CC BY-SA 3.0，Ottocarotto摄，经Wikimedia Commons / photo by Ottocarotto, via Wikimedia Commons.
