04731nam 2200709 a 450 991078219950332120230607222044.01-136-56364-41-136-56365-21-280-47561-71-84977-163-4(CKB)1000000000520795(StDuBDS)AH24072743(SSID)ssj0000175055(PQKBManifestationID)11197069(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000175055(PQKBWorkID)10188607(PQKB)10735196(MiAaPQ)EBC430225(EXLCZ)99100000000052079520010713d2002 fy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrHuman rights and the environment[electronic resource] conflicts and norms in a globalizing world /edited by Lyuba ZarskyLondon Earthscan20021 online resource (xvi, 288 p. ) ill., mapsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-85383-814-4 1-85383-815-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface * Introduction: Conflicts, Ethics and Globalization * Part I: Integrating Human Rights and Environmental Ethics ? The Rights of Indigenous Peoples in International Law * Global Reach: Human Rights and Environment in the Framework of Corporate Accountability * Part II: Conflicts Over Mineral and Oil Development - Mining in Suriname: Multinationals, the State and the Maroon Community of Nieuw Koffiekamp * Environment, Human Rights and Mining Conflicts in Ghana * Conflicts Over Transnational Oil and Gas Development off Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far East: A David and Goliath Tale * Part III: Conflicts Over Development Strategies - Environmental and Human Rights Impacts of Trade Liberalization: A Case Study in Batam Island, Indonesia * Global Norms, Local compliance and the Human Rights-Environment Nexus: A Case Study of the Nam Theun II Dam In Laos * The Darien Region Between Colombia and Panama: Gap or Seal * Environment, Development and Human rights in China: A Case Study of Foreign Waste Dumping * Part IV: Conflicts Over Land Rights in China: A Case Study of Foreign Waste Dumping * Part IV: Conflicts Over Land Rights - Environment and Land in Bushbuckridge, South Africa * Ecological Roots of Conflict in Eastern and Central Africa: Towards a Regional Ombudsman * Part V: Conclusion - Promoting Environmental Human Rights Through Innovations in Mediation * IndexContributors draw on the tools and insights of a range of disciplines, including law, anthropology, economics, geography and social science, to analyse the issues and show how new standards that protect rights and liberties can be established.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. In this volume, contributors draw on the tools and insights of a range of disciplines, including law, anthropology, economics, geography and social science, to analyze the issues and show how new standards that protect rights and liberties can be established. 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. In this volume, contributors draw on the tools and insights of a range of disciplines, including law, anthropology, economics, geography and social science, to analyze the issues and show how new standards that protect rights and liberties can be established.Human rightsGlobalizationEnvironmental degradationEconomic developmentEnvironmental aspectsPolitics and GovernmenteflchBusiness & EconomicsHILCCEconomic TheoryHILCCElectronic books.lcshHuman rights.Globalization.Environmental degradation.Economic developmentEnvironmental aspects.Politics and Government.Business & EconomicsEconomic Theory323Zarsky Lyuba1483075Zarsky Lyuba1483075StDuBDSStDuBDSStDuBDSZUkPrAHLSBOOK9910782199503321Human rights and the environment3771873UNINA