When Business Harms Human Rights

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.

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.