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The Complaint.
A 187-page formal complaint. Two years. No response.
From the affidavits
Community members came forward.
They named themselves at personal risk, gave testimony to lawyers, and submitted to a formal process they were told would protect them. This is what they built — the complaint Canada has now abandoned.
All excerpts from the 187-page CORE complaint filed by the University of Toronto International Human Rights Program on behalf of Kavango communities, April 9, 2024.
- Filed
- 9 April 2024
- Length
- 187 pages
- Filed with
- Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE)
- Subject
- Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. (ReconAfrica)
- Submitted by
- University of Toronto International Human Rights Program, on behalf of Kavango communities, Saving Okavango’s Unique Life, and the Economic and Social Justice Trust of Namibia.
- Allegations include
- Forced displacement, seismic damage to homes, unlined drilling-waste pits adjacent to community water sources, intimidation and surveillance of community members, threats of legal action against people asking questions.
- CORE intake commitment
- 30 working days
- Status
- No intake decision communicated.
Filed · 9 April 2024 Status · Office eliminated 11 June 2026 — complainants not informed
Primary document
The 187-page CORE complaint
University of Toronto IHRP — filed 9 April 2024
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The complete 187-page complaint as filed with Canada’s Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise on 9 April 2024.
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“Canada, Come Get Your People”
Rob Parker’s account of the Kavango communities, the complaint, and the watchdog Canada abolished — published in the Halifax Examiner.
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