Business and Human Rights Law and Practice in Africa

Damilola S. Olawuyi, Oyeniyi O. Abe (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

336 Seiten

2022
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80220-745-3 (ISBN)

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This important book provides a comprehensive analysis of good-fit and home-grown approaches for advancing business and human rights norms across Africa. It explores the latest developments in law, regulations, policies, and governance structures across the continent, focusing on key legal innovations in response to human rights impacts of business operations and activities.

Featuring contributions from expert scholars and practitioners, the book provides a complete survey of the multifarious regulatory and institutional gaps that limit the coherent development and application of business and human rights law and practice at national and regional levels in Africa. Chapters discuss practical barriers to effective implementation, how such barriers could be addressed through innovative approaches, and the local contexts for the implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Africa. Thematic sections offer conceptual and theoretical reflections on how African countries can effectively mainstream human rights standards and considerations into all aspects of development planning and decision-making.

Business and Human Rights Law and Practice in Africa will be a key resource for academics, practitioners, policy makers and students in the fields of governance, human rights, corporate law and public international law, who are interested in responsible and rights-based business practices in Africa. The guidance and rules provided for integrating human rights into project design and implementation will also be useful for corporate bodies and financial institutions.

Edited by Damilola S. Olawuyi, Professor of Law and UNESCO Chair in Environmental Law and Sustainable Development, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Doha, Qatar, Chancellor's Fellow and Director, Institute for Oil, Gas, Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development (OGEES Institute), Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria and Independent Expert of the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights and Oyeniyi Abe, Lecturer, The Law School, Huddersfield Business School, University of Huddersfield, UK and Senior Research Fellow, OGEES Institute, Afe Babalola University, Nigeria

Contents:

Preface and Acknowledgements xi

PART I INTRODUCTORY CONTEXT AND PRINCIPLES
1 Introduction – Business, human rights, and the United
Nations Guiding Principles 2
Oyeniyi Abe and Damilola Olawuyi
2 States’ duty to protect under international human rights
principles against corporate-related human rights abuse 21
Nojeem Amodu

PART II CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECT
HUMAN RIGHTS IN KEY SECTORS
3 Financial compensation for business-related human rights
violations in the mining sector 38
Lyla Latif
4 The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and
Human Rights and Uganda’s extractive sector 56
Michael Nyarko
5 Reconsidering capitalistic commerce and the UNGPs
through the prism of environmental human rights 75
Herbert Kawadza
6 Corporate accountability for climate change 92
Muriuki Muriungi
7 Rethinking the role of business enterprises in the fight
against inequality 107
Fola Adeleke
8 Human rights and taxation in developing countries 126
Eghosa Ekhator, Chisa Onyejekwe and Newman Richards
9 Foreign direct investment in Kenya and the rights of
indigenous peoples 150
Hope Joyce Otieno
10 Human rights, business enterprises and tenure security in
Cameroon 171
Semie Sema
11 Business enterprises in renewable energy projects in Africa
and the human rights questions arising from the duty to protect 188
Peter Oniemola

PART III ACCESS TO REMEDY FOR VICTIMS OF
CORPORATE-RELATED HUMAN RIGHTS
VIOLATIONS IN AFRICA
12 The missing forum for corporate human rights violations in Africa 208
Hassan M. Ahmad
13 Promoting access to justice for corporate human rights
violations in Africa 228
Adaeze Okoye
14 Protect, respect and remedy 248
Florence Shako
PART IV CONCLUSION
15 A regional policy framework on business and human rights
in Africa 265
Romola Adeola and John Ikubaje
16 Advancing business and human rights law and practice in Africa 283
Damilola S. Olawuyi and Oyeniyi Abe

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Erscheinungsdatum	02.09.2022
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Verfassungsrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht
ISBN-10	1-80220-745-7 / 1802207457
ISBN-13	978-1-80220-745-3 / 9781802207453
Zustand	Neuware