http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/gold-mine Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:52:22 -0400 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:52:22 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1309/human-rights-in-indonesia-the-consequences-of-discrepancies-in-domestic-versus-international-law By Antonia Sohns - "[A]n American transnational mining company called Freeport-McMoRan…operat[es] the largest gold mine on Earth, not in Africa but in the heart of West Papua" (Leith xv). FreeportMcMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. is the best known subsidiary of PT Freeport Indonesia, operating in West Papua, New Guinea. Freeport's operation there has resulted in the complete remodeling of the society and economy. West Papua is a province of Indonesia; it, along with Papua New Guinea, comprises the island of New Guinea. West Papua has a population of approximately 800,000 people, making it one of the smallest Indonesian... Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1309/human-rights-in-indonesia-the-consequences-of-discrepancies-in-domestic-versus-international-law