Police in the Pay of Mining Companies. GRUFIDES, CNDDHH, DHSF, APA, 2013

The responsibility of Switzerland and Peru for human rights violations in mining disputes

For this report, Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) and the three Peruvian non-governmental organisations Grufides, Derechos Humanos sin Fronteras and Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos have examined in detail agreement concluded with the Peruvian National Police Forces by the following seven mining corporations - Compañía Minera Antamina S.A., Compañía Minera Santa Luisa S.A., Gold Fields La Cima, Minera Sulliden Shahuindo SAC, Xstrata / BHP Tint Tintaya S.A., Compañia Minera Coimolache and Yanacocha SRL. These agreements allow the mining companies to request a permanent police security presence and also to ask for rapid largeto ask for rapid large to ask for rapid large to ask for rapid large to ask for rapid largeto ask for rapid large to ask for rapid largeto ask for rapid largeto ask for rapid large scale deployment of police units if protests are suspected. Under the scale deployment of police units if protests are suspected. Under thescale deployment of police units if protests are suspected. Under the provisions of the agreements police conduct routine patrols aimed at “preventing, detecting and neutralising” threats.