When Business Harms Human Rights: Affected Communities that Are Dying to Be Heard

by Karen Erica Bravo, Jena Martin, Tara L. Van Ho

Overview

When Business Harms Human Rights uses reported narrations to discuss and analyze the experiences of individuals and communities from around the world, and examines the impact that business activities has had on their lives. The volume is situated within the broader subject area of business and human rights, and uses various methodologies to share the perspectives of affected individuals and communities. The narratives collected here follow rights holders in their attempts to secure remedies, and examine the impact of the emerging legal regime of business and human rights.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785272264
Publisher:	Anthem Press
Publication date:	04/20/2020
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Jena Martin is professor of law at West Virginia University College of Law, USA. Her scholarship is in the field of business and human rights, where she has written extensively on many issues, including the intersection of securities regulation with human rights impacts.

Karen E. Bravo is vice dean and professor of law at the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, USA. Her research interests include business and human rights, regional integration, labor liberalization, slavery and human trafficking.

Tara L. Van Ho is lecturer at the University of Essex School of Law and Human Rights Center, UK. Her main research interests are business and human rights; investment law and human rights; economic, social and cultural rights (particularly the privatization of the delivery of ESCRs, extraterritorial obligations, and international assistance and cooperation in the area of ESCRs); and transitional justice.

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 Complicity in False Arrest, Imprisonment and Theft by a Fairtrade-Certifi ed Company, Madeline Hung; Chapter 2 Hindrances to Access to a Remedy in Business- Related Cases in Colombia: The Case of Gilberto Torres, Piergiuseppe Parisi and Gareth Sims; Chapter 3 The Global Pursuit for Justice for DBCP- Exposed Banana Farmers, Daysheelyn Anne P. Brillo; Chapter 4 The Rupturing of the Dam and the Community’s Social Fabric: A Testimony from an ‘Atingido’ from Bento Rodrigues, Brazil, Rajiv Maher and Adriana Bravin; Chapter 5 Taming the Dragon, Unpacking Options for Access to Remedy for Violations by Chinese Multinational Corporations Operating in Chiadzwa, Zimbabwe, Bellinda Chinowawa; Chapter 6 Máxima Acuña: The Story of How a Business Impacted Human Rights Defenders, Marianne Bertrand and Ariadna Tovar; Chapter 7 Community Interrupted, ‘Life Projects’ Disrupted: Cajamarca, Ibagué, and the La Colosa Mine in Colombia, Tara L. Van Ho with residents of Cajamarca Ibague and surrounding areas; Chapter 8 Occupational Health as a Human Right: A Case Study in a Turkish Free Trade Zone, Cigdem Cimrin and Yucel Demiral; Chapter 9 The Price of the ‘Black Dollar’: Veteran Coal Miners and the Right to Health, Jennifer D. Oliva with contributions from Jena Martin; Chapter 10 Abandoned: A Tale of Two Mine Closures in South Africa, Michael Clemens and Maria Isabel Cubides; Conclusion; Appendices; List of Contributors; Index.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

‘Martin, Bravo and Van Ho brilliantly put rights holders back on the map and in the middle of debates about the law and policy of business and human rights. When Business Harms Human Rights should be on the bookshelf of anyone with a serious interest in the field.’ —Larry Catá Backer, W. Richard and Mary Eshelman Faculty Scholar Professor of Law and International Affairs, Pennsylvania State University, USA

‘This book is an attempt to place rights holders at the centre of business and human rights. I hope that powerful stories in this book will move both governments and companies to act with a sense of urgency to safeguard all human rights of everyone and everywhere.’ —Surya Deva, Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong

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Editorial Reviews

"This is an important book that provides an overview how communities are affected negatively by business activities and their struggles to access remedies. The editors recognise that these are not necessarily new stories considering their main themes, but they are particular stories, which remind us of our shared humanity. — Hannah Gracher, Nordic Journal of Human Rights "

From the Publisher