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In pursuit of financial justice : local African communities’ quest for legal redress against business-related human rights abuses
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Latif, Lyla (2019) In pursuit of financial justice : local African communities’ quest for legal redress against business-related human rights abuses. Modern Africa : Politics, History and Society, 7 (2). pp. 55-87. doi:10.26806/modafr.v7i2.209
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.26806/modafr.v7i2.209
Abstract
Mining corporations in Africa stand accused of violating human rights. This article gives a voice to the plight suffered by local African communities in accessing justice to remedy the violation of their human rights as a result of the business activities of mining corporations. It focuses specifically on the right to access justice in order to ask whether the affected communities get a fair and effective share of financial remedies to mitigate against the violation of their rights to health, clean environment and property. It examines two separate and independent avenues through which local communities access justice and asks which of the two, judicial or non-judicial approaches, guarantee these local communities a right to be heard and a recourse to financial remedies.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HG Finance H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JC Political theory K Law [Moys] > KN Common Law, Private Law K Law [Moys] > KR Africa |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Mining corporations -- Africa, Mineral industries -- Social aspects -- Africa, Communities -- Africa, Social responsibility of business -- Africa, Corporate governance -- Law and legislation -- Social aspects, Human rights -- Africa, Mineral industries -- Corrupt practices -- Africa, Compensation (Law) -- Africa | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Modern Africa : Politics, History and Society | ||||
| Publisher: | Univerzita Hradec Kralove | ||||
| ISSN: | 2570-7558 | ||||
| Official Date: | 15 December 2019 | ||||
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| Volume: | 7 | ||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 55-87 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.26806/modafr.v7i2.209 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access |
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