Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Binding Treaty on Business and Human Rights at the United Nations: Discussion

2:00 am

Ms Ramona Margarita Domingo Díaz:

From our cosmovision and spirituality, we do not want this corporate harm to our lives and the Mother Earth. A start would be consultation and a respect for free determination of indigenous peoples over our territories and to take our decisions into account. That would be a start. However, we do not even get that. Projects are imposed on us. Communities should be able to decide. There should always be respect for life and our health, which we see so many impacts on, and to avoid pollution. Ultimately, as Maya people we say "No" to these extractive industries that take our lives away.

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