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The international legal framework on business and human rights and its domestic operationalisation : strategic litigation on mining and a healthy environment in South-Africa

Lieselot Verdonck (UGent)
(2017)
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(UGent) and Koen De Feyter
Organization
Abstract
The debate on business and human rights attracts the interest of many parties, and regularly makes the headlines. On 19 January 2017 De Morgen, for instance, ran the following headline: “These banks do business with companies that violate human rights and nature”. The discourse suggests that few question that business enterprises should respect human rights. The legal meaning and consequences of associating 'business' with 'human rights' remain contentious, however. By clarifying the existing legal framework this thesis seeks to rationalize the debate. Special attention is paid to enforcing the responsibility of business enterprises for human rights through domestic judicial remedies. The analysis is concretised through a case study on adverse human rights impacts of environmental degradation caused by mining in South Africa. Based on the findings of the study, the thesis reflects on how the international legal framework on business and human rights should be developed further.
Keywords
International Law, Human Rights, Business, South Africa

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MLA
Verdonck, Lieselot. The International Legal Framework on Business and Human Rights and Its Domestic Operationalisation : Strategic Litigation on Mining and a Healthy Environment in South-Africa. Ghent University. Faculty of Law, 2017.
APA
Verdonck, L. (2017). The international legal framework on business and human rights and its domestic operationalisation : strategic litigation on mining and a healthy environment in South-Africa. Ghent University. Faculty of Law, Ghent, Belgium.
Chicago author-date
Verdonck, Lieselot. 2017. “The International Legal Framework on Business and Human Rights and Its Domestic Operationalisation : Strategic Litigation on Mining and a Healthy Environment in South-Africa.” Ghent, Belgium: Ghent University. Faculty of Law.
Chicago author-date (all authors)
Verdonck, Lieselot. 2017. “The International Legal Framework on Business and Human Rights and Its Domestic Operationalisation : Strategic Litigation on Mining and a Healthy Environment in South-Africa.” Ghent, Belgium: Ghent University. Faculty of Law.
Vancouver
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Verdonck L. The international legal framework on business and human rights and its domestic operationalisation : strategic litigation on mining and a healthy environment in South-Africa. [Ghent, Belgium]: Ghent University. Faculty of Law; 2017.
IEEE
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L. Verdonck, “The international legal framework on business and human rights and its domestic operationalisation : strategic litigation on mining and a healthy environment in South-Africa,” Ghent University. Faculty of Law, Ghent, Belgium, 2017.
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  abstract     = {{The debate on business and human rights attracts the interest of many parties, and regularly makes the headlines. On 19 January 2017 De Morgen, for instance, ran the following headline: “These banks do business with companies that violate human rights and nature”. The discourse suggests that few question that business enterprises should respect human rights. The legal meaning and consequences of associating 'business' with 'human rights' remain contentious, however. By clarifying the existing legal framework this thesis seeks to rationalize the debate. Special attention is paid to enforcing the responsibility of business enterprises for human rights through domestic judicial remedies. The analysis is concretised through a case study on adverse human rights impacts of environmental degradation caused by mining in South Africa. Based on the findings of the study, the thesis reflects on how the international legal framework on business and human rights should be developed further.}},
  author       = {{Verdonck, Lieselot}},
  keywords     = {{International Law,Human Rights,Business,South Africa}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{XVII, 417}},
  publisher    = {{Ghent University. Faculty of Law}},
  school       = {{Ghent University}},
  title        = {{The international legal framework on business and human rights and its domestic operationalisation : strategic litigation on mining and a healthy environment in South-Africa}},
  year         = {{2017}},
}