Human rights and the environment : conflicts and norms in a globalizing world /

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The impact of environmental damage on human rights - civil political or welfare and labour rights - is becoming ever-more widely appreciated and has direct bearing on the behaviour of companies and their norms of conduct. In this volume contributors draw on the tools and insights of a range of disci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Zarsky, Lyuba
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2002.
Temas:
Economic development > Environmental aspects > Case studies.
Environmental responsibility > Case studies.
Human rights > Case studies.
Développement économique > Aspect de l'environnement > Études de cas.
Responsabilité environnementale > Études de cas.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Études de cas.
NATURE > Natural Resources.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Environmental Economics.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Green Business.
Politics and Government.
Economic development > Environmental aspects
Environmental responsibility
Human rights
Mensenrechten.
Milieubescherming.
Conflicten.
Internationalisatie.
Electronic books.
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The rights of indigenous peoples in international law / Fergus MacKay
  • Global reach : human rights and environment in the framework of corporate accountability / Lyuba Zarsky
  • Mining in Suriname: Multinationals, the State and the Maroon Community of Nieuw Koffiekamp / Fergus MacKay
  • Environmental human rights and mining conflicts in Ghana / Douglas Korsah-Brown
  • Conflicts over transnational oil and gas development off Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East: A David and Goliath tale / Erika Rosenthal
  • Environmental and human rights impacts of trade liberalization: a case study in Batam Island, Indonesia / Agus Sari
  • Global norms, local compliance and the human rights-environment nexus : a case study of the Nam Theun II Dam in Laos / Philip Hirsch
  • The Darien region between Colombia and Panama: Gap or seal? / Pascal O. Girot
  • Environmental, development and human rights in China: A case study of foreign waste dumping / Changhua Wu and Simon Wang
  • Environment and land in Bushbuckridge, South Africa / Robert Thornton
  • Ecological roots of conflict in eastern and central Africa: Towards a regional ombudsman / John Mugabe and Godber W. Tumushabe / Promoting environmental human rights through innovations in mediation / Naomi Roht-Arriaza.

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