Human Rights in the Extractive Industries: Transparency, Participation, Resistance

Front Matter ....Pages i-x
 Introduction  (Isabel Feichtner, Markus Krajewski, Ricarda Roesch)....Pages 1-8
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 The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) as a Human Rights Instrument: Potentials and Shortcomings  (Heidi Feldt)....Pages 11-25
 United States Law and Conflict Minerals  (Patrick J. Keenan)....Pages 27-49
 The 2017 EU Conflict Minerals Regulation: A Promising European Rite to Remove the Natural Resource Curse?  (Karsten Nowrot)....Pages 51-75
 Community Development Agreements as Tools for Local Participation in Natural Resource Projects in Africa  (Evaristus Oshionebo)....Pages 77-109
 Stabilization Clauses and Human Rights: The Role of Transparency Initiatives  (Sotonye Frank)....Pages 111-139
 Improving Tax Strategy Transparency in the Extractive Industries Sector for the Advancement of Human Rights  (Wasima Khan)....Pages 141-165
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 The Evolving Duty to Consult and Obtain Free Prior and Informed Consent of Indigenous Peoples for Extractive Projects in the United States and Canada  (Cathal M. Doyle)....Pages 169-218
 Asserting the Principle of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Extractive Industry Sector  (Pacifique Manirakiza)....Pages 219-245
 The Corporate Responsibility to Respect Consultation Rights in the Americas: How the Inter-American System Can Better Promote Free, Prior, and Informed Consent  (C. Ignacio de Casas)....Pages 247-279
 Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in the Philippines: A Fourth World Critique  (Armi Beatriz E. Bayot)....Pages 281-309
 Norm Contestation and (Non-)Compliance: The Right to Prior Consultation and FPIC in the Extractive Industries  (Almut Schilling-Vacaflor)....Pages 311-337
 State-Investor Contracts and Human Rights: Taking a Critical Look at Transparency and Participation  (Nora Götzmann)....Pages 339-373
 Disruption and Institutional Development: Corporate Standards and Practices on Responsible Mining  (Radu Mares)....Pages 375-412
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 Taking Sides in Scientific Research? The Struggle for the Right to Participate in Public Decision-Making Related to a Mining Project in Brazil  (Aline Rose Barbosa Pereira)....Pages 415-454
 Building the Case for a Home-State Grievance Mechanism: Law Reform Strategies in the Canadian Resource Justice Movement  (Charis Kamphuis)....Pages 455-509
 Transnational Human Rights and Environmental Litigation: A Study of Case Law Relating to Shell in Nigeria  (Liesbeth F. H. Enneking)....Pages 511-551