1 party with the Supreme Court within thirty (30) days from receipt o f the order or 2 decision of the Board. 3 4 5 6 CHAPTER X I I I ACCESS TO JUSTICE 7 Sec. 137. Obligation to respect human rights. - Corporations shall respect, 8 protect and promote the human rights of communities affected by mining, including the 9 right to life, liberty and property, freedom of movement, right of public participation and 10 the right to self-determination of indigenous cultural communities. 11 Sec. 138. Violations o f human rights. - Extrajudicial killing, torture, involuntary 12 disappearance, forcible displacement of populations, setting up of checkpoints, and 13 imposition of toll fees which impede the freedom of movement within mineral areas, 14 deprivation of food and water sources, vote-buying and bribery for the purpose of 15 securing consent or endorsement for the mining project, and other analogous acts are 16 violations of human rights. 17 immediate cancellation of mineral agreements. The offending contractor, as well as 18 corporations having the same directors and/or officers as of the offending contractor 19 shall be perpetually disqualified from being granted a mineral agreement. All equipment 20 and assets of the corporation or person shall be confiscated in favor of the government. 21 Violations of human rights by contractors shall cause the Sec. 139. Use o f param ilitary and m ilitary forces. - All mining companies are 22 strictly prohibited from employing paramilitary groups. 23 forces shall result in the automatic cancellation of the mineral agreement and the filing 24 of appropriate civil, criminal and/or administrative charges. 25 Use of private and military Sec. 140. Strategic Legal Action Against Public Participation (SLAPP). - SLAPPs 26 shall be strictly prohibited. SLAPP is any legal action, whether civil, criminal or 27 administrative, filed to harass, vex, exert legal action or stifle legal recourses of 28 community members complaining against violations of this Act or enforcing the 29 provisions of the Act, or exercising their freedom of assembly or right of public 30 participation. The investigating prosecutor or court shall immediately determine within a 31 period of thirty (30) days from filing thereof whether a legal action is a SAPP and 32 accordingly dismiss the same. 33 Sec. 141. Indigents' s u it - Indigents shall be exempt from payment of any 34 administrative or court fees, including docket fees for the filing of a case. Lawyers shall 35 be provided by the Public Attorney's Office to pauper litigants in case they could not 36 afford legal services. 37 Sec. 142. Application o f the customary laws o f ICCs/IPs. - The contractor shall 43