further enshrine the right to an “adequate standard of living” that includes access to essential services, water, electricity and sanitation.
“You can’t just take people away from their communities and environments and their means of subsistence, transplant them in a different part of the concession and do things in a way that cuts corners,” she said.“These companies are making billions of dollars a year … there must be a better way to do it.”Ivanhoe’s human rights policy,
The company further conducts due diligence exercises to “proactively identify and address” human rights risks and encourages community members to bring human rights concerns to its attention. Compliance, it adds, is overseen by its board of directors and managed by its corporate social responsibility team.
Displaced residents interviewed by Amnesty and Initiative pour la Bonne Gouvernance et les Droits Humains said when they first moved in 2018, they had access to only one potable water source that was shared by thousands of others. When it broke down, residents said they paid for repairs out of pocket, paid to access water in other communities, and in some cases, used nearby water streams that gave them infections.