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

Isabel Feichtner

ISBN 10: 3030113817 / ISBN 13: 9783030113810

Published by Springer, 2019

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book addresses key challenges and conflicts arising in extractive industries (mining, oil drilling) concerning the human rights of workers, their families, local communities and other stakeholders. Further, it analyses various instruments that have sought to mitigate human rights violations by defining transparency-related obligations and participation rights. These include the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), disclosure requirements, and free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). The book critically assesses these instruments, demonstrating that, in some cases, they produce unwanted effects. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of resistance to extractive industry projects as a response to human rights violations, and discusses how transparency, participation and resistance are interconnected.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human Rights in the Extractive Industries : Transparency, Participation, Resistance
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3030113817
• ISBN 13: 9783030113810
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 36D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 36 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1004 grams

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Synopsis

This book addresses key challenges and conflicts arising in extractive industries (mining, oil drilling) concerning the human rights of workers, their families, local communities and other stakeholders. Further, it analyses various instruments that have sought to mitigate human rights violations by defining transparency-related obligations and participation rights. These include the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), disclosure requirements, and free, prior and informed consent (FPIC). The book critically assesses these instruments, demonstrating that, in some cases, they produce unwanted effects. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of resistance to extractive industry projects as a response to human rights violations, and discusses how transparency, participation and resistance are interconnected.