The Data Room

This Complaint is filed by the International Human Rights Program at the University of Toronto.

OVERVIEW 1. 2.

The Complainant files this complaint with the CORE to request that it investigate ReconAfrica for the adverse human rights impacts of their oil and gas exploration activities, as outlined below, in violation of internationally recognized human rights instruments. The Complainant further requests that the CORE make recommendations that ReconAfrica implement the measures requested in this Complaint to cease the human rights abuses and remedy harm arising from such abuses. As further explained below, ReconAfrica committed human rights violations by establishing oil and gas drill sites, executing exploration activities at drill sites, and conducting seismic testing without consultation with or securing consent from appropriate parties, including Indigenous communities, and in a manner that failed to respect the human rights to health, food, water, housing, and a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment, in contravention of international human rights instruments. As a result, local communities have suffered harms such as: Encroachment on and use of land without consultation or consent, and resulting damage to protected conservancies and forests, including to local vegetation and animal populations; and possible contamination of water resources and resulting impact on the health of community members.

To read the full 187 page document by U of T’s International Human Rights Program please click below