Mr. Quelvin Otoniel Jiménez Villalta:

As members have heard from our speeches, which they also received in writing beforehand, there is extreme negligence in the actions of transnational corporations. We are representing cases that we have lived in the flesh. I am referring to corporate impunity. I have protection from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights because of attacks on me on the part of transnational companies because of the work I do providing legal advice on the human rights of my people.

This is a theme that does not put human rights alone at risk. The Xinka people stopped a mining project after four years of struggle. This is also about legal or judicial certainty for the companies. It is not just about human rights but also about judicial certainty. However, it is quite worrying because we seem to be going in the wrong direction, whereby transnational corporations are going to be able to operate with increasing impunity. They have the economic power to do so.