In Pursuit of Financial Justice: Local African Communities’ Quest for Legal Redress Against Business-Related Human Rights Abuses
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 specifica...
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University of Hradec Králové
2019-12-01
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| description | 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.
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| spelling | doaj.art-42163b6816b84564b9b905d5f6147c472025-03-13T19:02:54ZengUniversity of Hradec KrálovéModern Africa2336-32742570-75582019-12-0172In Pursuit of Financial Justice: Local African Communities’ Quest for Legal Redress Against Business-Related Human Rights AbusesLaila Abdul Latif0University of Nairobi, Kenya and Cardiff Law and Politics, The United KingdomMining 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. https://journals.uhk.cz/modernafrica/article/view/179access to justicelocal communitiesmining corporationshuman rights violationsfinancial remedies |
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| title | In Pursuit of Financial Justice: Local African Communities’ Quest for Legal Redress Against Business-Related Human Rights Abuses |
| title_full | In Pursuit of Financial Justice: Local African Communities’ Quest for Legal Redress Against Business-Related Human Rights Abuses |
| title_fullStr | In Pursuit of Financial Justice: Local African Communities’ Quest for Legal Redress Against Business-Related Human Rights Abuses |
| title_full_unstemmed | In Pursuit of Financial Justice: Local African Communities’ Quest for Legal Redress Against Business-Related Human Rights Abuses |
| title_short | In Pursuit of Financial Justice: Local African Communities’ Quest for Legal Redress Against Business-Related Human Rights Abuses |
| title_sort | in pursuit of financial justice local african communities quest for legal redress against business related human rights abuses |
| topic | access to justice local communities mining corporations human rights violations financial remedies |
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