⛏️ Sustainable Mining: Balancing Human Rights, Environmental Standards, and Business Growth 📍 Yerevan, Armenia | 18 June 2025 As the world debates the role of mining in the 🌱 energy transition, the Council of Europe organised an event in Yerevan, Armenia, on human rights and environmental protection in mining operations. 💬 Hosted in partnership with Grant Thornton Armenia and the IRMA Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA), the discussion gathered insights from experts across business, government, international organisations, and diplomatic missions. 🔍 Key takeaways included: 🧑🤝🧑 Meaningful local community and stakeholder involvement in decisions 🌍 Responsible mining not only fuels the energy transition—it upholds societal values. 📊 Transparency and public accountability in mining More about: 🔗 The event: https://go.coe.int/yyxc5 🔗 the Council of Europe’s project on sustainable and responsible business practices: https://lnkd.in/gwF8uvNG Gurgen Hakobyan Grant Thornton International Ltd Pierre Petit-De Pasquale Natalia Kobylarz Arevik Anapiosyan Anaïs Tobalagba, PhD Beyond Human Rights Compliance Stéphane Brabant Olga Azatyan, UN Women Anna Saghabalyan, Zangezur Copper Molybdenum Combine / ZCMC Tigran Karapetyan Elena Yurkina #ResponsibleMining #Sustainability #BusinessAndHumanRights #EnergyTransition #Transparency #Armenia
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Most sincere thanks to Council of Europe, Armenia, and also Grand Thornton, Irma and all speakers and participants for making Europe a strong player for the promotion of HRs and Environment by business in mining, in partnership with States and the Global South. The world as “Global Village” cannot afford being only economic, financial and telecom/new technologies, it must also be human as, at the end, all goes to people and their dignity whoever and wherever they are
Senior Lawyer at the European Court of Human Rights / Expert in Environmental Human Rights Law
3wThank you for the invitation to this important and timely workshop! I was happy to present the human rights standards regarding mining set out in the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. I also learnt a lot from the other speakers! Congratulations to the Council of Europe‘s team who organised this event along with IRMA Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance and Grant Thornton Armenia!