(Photo: An informal settlement close to the Lonmin mine, where 34 people were killed when police opened fire on protesting mine workers) Mining within communities is viewed as a conduit for further development of the community. It creates an expectation of an improved standard of living and gives the community a sense of hope for […]
Category Archives: Governance
Extractive Industries, Governance, Human Rights, Legal Resources Centre, South Africa, United Nations
LRC submissions: #BindingTreaty at IGWG 2017
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The LRC, as part of the ESCR-Net, was in Geneva during the final week of October 2017 for the third session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group (IGWG) on the elaboration of a binding treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights.
On the 6 April 2016, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) held a side event at the 58th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, The Gambia. The side event discussed the United Nations proposed treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights. The side event […]
Corruption, Extractive Industries, Governance, Housing, Human Rights, Legal Resources Centre
Bracing for the Back of Port
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Oct
South Durban’s residents fight back against corruption, destruction and neglect Colleen steps gingerly out of her home in Clairwood, Durban. A large truck is stuck in the narrow residential road just outside her house; crumbling Colleen’s brick wall as it attempts to back out. Colleen runs out onto the muddy street, wading to her knees […]
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