When Business Harms Human Rights

Affected Communities that Are Dying to Be Heard
Herausgeber: Bravo, Karen Erica; Ho, Tara L. van; Martin, Jena

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Produktbeschreibung

â When Business Harms Human Rightsâ narrates the experiences of different individuals and communities from around the world, examining the impact that business activities has had on their lives. The volume is situated within the multidisciplinary subject area of business and human rights.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9781785272264
• ISBN-10: 1785272268
• Artikelnr.: 59222991

Autorenporträt

Jena Martin is professor of law at West Virginia University College of Law, USA. Her scholarship is in the field of business and human rights, where she has written extensively on many issues, including the intersection of securities regulation with human rights impacts. Karen E. Bravo is vice dean and professor of law at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, USA. Her research interests include business and human rights, regional integration, labor liberalization, slavery and human trafficking. Tara L. Van Ho is lecturer at the University of Essex School of Law and Human Rights Center, UK. Her main research interests are business and human rights; investment law and human rights; economic, social and cultural rights (particularly the privatization of the delivery of ESCRs, extraterritorial obligations, and international assistance and cooperation in the area of ESCRs); and transitional justice.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Complicity in False
Arrest, Imprisonment and Theft by a Fairtrade-Certifi ed Company, Madeline
Hung; Chapter 2 Hindrances to Access to a Remedy in Business- Related Cases
in Colombia: The Case of Gilberto Torres, Piergiuseppe Parisi and Gareth
Sims; Chapter 3 The Global Pursuit for Justice for DBCP- Exposed Banana
Farmers, Daysheelyn Anne P. Brillo; Chapter 4 The Rupturing of the Dam and
the Community's Social Fabric: A Testimony from an 'Atingido' from Bento
Rodrigues, Brazil, Rajiv Maher and Adriana Bravin; Chapter 5 Taming the
Dragon, Unpacking Options for Access to Remedy for Violations by Chinese
Multinational Corporations Operating in Chiadzwa, Zimbabwe, Bellinda
Chinowawa; Chapter 6 Máxima Acuña: The Story of How a Business Impacted
Human Rights Defenders, Marianne Bertrand and Ariadna Tovar; Chapter 7
Community Interrupted, 'Life Projects' Disrupted: Cajamarca, Ibagué, and
the La Colosa Mine in Colombia, Tara L. Van Ho with residents of Cajamarca
Ibague and surrounding areas; Chapter 8 Occupational Health as a Human
Right: A Case Study in a Turkish Free Trade Zone, Cigdem Cimrin and Yucel
Demiral; Chapter 9 The Price of the 'Black Dollar': Veteran Coal Miners and
the Right to Health, Jennifer D. Oliva with contributions from Jena Martin;
Chapter 10 Abandoned: A Tale of Two Mine Closures in South Africa, Michael
Clemens and Maria Isabel Cubides; Conclusion; Appendices; List of
Contributors; Index.