Human rights and the environment :
Human rights and the environment : conflicts and norms in a globalizing world /
edited by Lyuba Zarsky.
- London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2002.
- xvi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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. This text analyzes the issues, showing how new standards can be established.
1853838152 9781853838156
2002006464
GBA262351 bnb GBA1W5169 bnb
Economic development--Environmental aspects--Case studies.
Environmental responsibility--Case studies.
Human rights--Case studies.
43.70 economic development and environment.
Droits de l'homme.
Développement économique
Développement durable.
Protection de l'environnement.
Ethique.
Pays en développement.
Economic development--Environmental aspects.
Environmental responsibility.
Human rights.
Case studies.
HD75 / .H86
333.7
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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. This text analyzes the issues, showing how new standards can be established.
1853838152 9781853838156
2002006464
GBA262351 bnb GBA1W5169 bnb
Economic development--Environmental aspects--Case studies.
Environmental responsibility--Case studies.
Human rights--Case studies.
43.70 economic development and environment.
Droits de l'homme.
Développement économique
Développement durable.
Protection de l'environnement.
Ethique.
Pays en développement.
Economic development--Environmental aspects.
Environmental responsibility.
Human rights.
Case studies.
HD75 / .H86
333.7