"New Publication on "Resources Grabbing and Human Rights"", 4 Dec, 2015
Brill has just published a new book entitled Natural Resources Grabbing:an International Law Perspective...and I have contributed a chapter on “Resources Grabbing and Human Rights: Building a Triangular Relationship between States, Indigenous Peoples and Corporations.” The chapter explores the notion of permanent sovereignty over natural resources and outlines the ambiguous status of the right to freely dispose of natural resources as both a right of the state (under a number of UN General Assembly Resolutions) and a right of the peoples (under Article 1 of the two 1966 International Covenants)...The official commentary of Guiding Principle 12 further states that “business enterprises may need to consider additional standards”...In practice. this means that corporations are now expected to play a role in the realisation of human rights, which includes the right to freely dispose of natural resources, especially but not only, when the project is likely to impact indigenous peoples. The chapter concludes on the idea that while the international human rights legal framework does not expressly outlaw resources grabbing, it clearly calls for dialogue between states, corporations and indigenous peoples to address the issue.
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