In 2003 Newmont has signed an investment agreement with the government of Ghana that resulted in the inauguration in 2006 of the large, gold-producing project at Ahafo. The challenge for Newmont has been to resolve the initial conflict resulting from … Continue reading » “From charity to institutional development: Reflections on Newmont’s CSR strategies and conflict-avoidance in Ghana”
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Corporate responsibility and compliance with the law: land, dispossession and aftermath at Newmont’s Ahafo project in Ghana
An important part of responsible business practices is compliance with the law. This article details what actually happens when the laws of the host country fail to ensure adequate protection. The focus here is on land dispossession and loss of … Continue reading » “Corporate responsibility and compliance with the law: land, dispossession and aftermath at Newmont’s Ahafo project in Ghana”
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Prof. Ruggie’s work, with the ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ Framework (2008) and Guiding Principles (2011) as its peak, is multilayered and comprehensive. Instead of a dry, tedious description this introductory chapter will give the floor often to the SRSG: readers … Continue reading » “Business and Human Rights After Ruggie: Foundations, the Art of Simplification and the Imperative of Cumulative Progress”
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This chapter discusses the treatment that Professor Ruggie’s Guiding Principles offer for the responsibility to respect human rights (RtR) as applied to core companies whose affiliates’ operations infringe human rights. The issue is about a core company’s responsibility to act … Continue reading » “Responsibility to Respect: Why the Core Company Should Act When Affiliates Infringe Human Rights”
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Has humanitarian intervention become part of international law under the R2P doctrine?
Cultural diversity and indigenous peoples’ land claims: argumentative dynamics and jurisprudential approach in the Americas
The present study is divided in two differentiable but conceptually interrelated sections. Within the first section (Chapters I, II, and III), the focus is on the assessment of the argumentative logic behind the multiculturalist proposal for equally divided societies, among … Continue reading » “Cultural diversity and indigenous peoples’ land claims: argumentative dynamics and jurisprudential approach in the Americas”
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Defining Rape: Emerging Obligations for States under International Law?
The crime of rape has been prevalent in all contexts, whether committed during armed conflict or in peacetime, and has largely been characterised by a culture of impunity. International law, through its branches of international human rights law, international humanitarian … Continue reading » “Defining Rape: Emerging Obligations for States under International Law?”
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The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
The issue of corporate responsibilities has had a tumultuous history at the United Nations. When the Human Rights Council unanimously endorsed John Ruggie’s Guiding Principles in June 2011, it was the first time that the UN stated authoritatively its expectations … Continue reading » “The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”
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