Complaint > Orion-02/ Gualeguaychu

Appraisal: English

...President initiates an audit, a memorandum explaining the rationale for the proposal to audit will be submitted to the Executive Vice President of IFC/MIGA. The final decision to conduct an audit will be taken in consultation with the Executive Vice President(s), but at the discretion of the CAO Vice President. If the CAO decides to initiate a compliance audit as an appropriate response to a compliance appraisal, the CAO will draw up a terms of reference for the audit in accordance with CAO’s op...

Complaint > Orion-02/ Gualeguaychu

Eligibility: English

...requests the Court to indicate provisional measures concerning alleged breaches by Uruguay of obligations incumbent upon it under the Statute of the River Uruguay, a treaty signed by the two States on 26 February 1975, with a view to establishing the joint machinery necessary for the optimum and rational utilization of that part of the river which constitutes their joint boundary3. Furthermore, on November 29, 2006 Uruguay submitted a request to the ICJ for the indication of provisional measures...

Complaint > Orion-02/ Gualeguaychu

Filing: Complaint with Annexes, August 5, 2009

...president of INTI estimated that the difference between values (over 500%) was due to the presence of the Botnia plant. The study was made on samples taken in August 2008. The fact is that the increase of these highly contaminating substances has been exponential, especially if we take into account that dioxines are biocumulative and not biodegradable, so that they accumulate both in the riverbed and in the food chain. The president of INTI himself declared that if these values continue to incre...