Actors / Public authority · Bolivia
Contraloría General del Estado (Bolivia)
Appears in 1 case in this database. Roles as given in the documented record.
| Case | Role | Country | Period | Instrument |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huanuni sub-basin mining contamination in the Lake Poopó basin: emergency decrees, a 2022 constitutional ruling and an IACHR hearing | Issued audit report K2/AP24/O23-E1 on 22 October 2024, cited in Supreme Decree 5442 | Bolivia | 2009–2025 | Tailings dam failure |
Appears alongside
Empresa Minera HuanuniGovernment of Bolivia (Plurinational State)Ministry of Environment and Water of BoliviaPlurinational Constitutional Tribunal of BoliviaAyllu San Agustín de PuñacaCenter for Andean Communication and Development (CENDA)Inter-American Commission on Human RightsGobernación de Oruro (departmental government)
Terms used on this page
Science and environment
- Tailings and tailings dam
- Tailings are the waste left after ore is processed; a tailings dam is the embankment that stores them as wet sludge.