“Our Lives Mean Nothing” - The Human Cost of Chinese Mining in Nagonha, Mozambique

This report examines Haiyu’s conduct including what the company did or failed to do in acquiring the right to land for use of mining activity in Nagonha, what it did or failed to do in its operations in Nagonha, and what it did or failed to do in response to the villagers’ demand for compensation and resettlement following the flood. The report looks specifically at the breach of the right to adequate housing and decent living standards ensuing from Haiyu’s destruction of the wetland, and the related destruction of one-fifth of the village by the freak flood. The report also examines the Mozambican Government’s failure to protect, promote and fulfil the right to adequate housing and living standards in the village of Nagonha.