New book on Business & Human Rights: Indigenous Peoples’ Experiences with Access to Remedy

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Business and Human Rights Access to Remedy

The book Doyle C. (ed.) Business and Human Rights: Indigenous Peoples’ Experiences with Access to Remedy. Case studies from Africa, Asia and Latin America (Chiang Mai, Madrid, Copenhagen: AIPP, Almáciga, IWGIA, 2015)  is the product of a collaboration of two ENIP member organizations – Almáciga and the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) – with Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP).  All three organizations work closely with indigenous peoples in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The book addresses cases from each of these continents, examining the experiences of indigenous peoples with access to remedy when their human rights are affected by corporate activities. By drawing from these experiences it seeks to inform the actions of corporate and State actors in relation their business and human rights obligations to ensure that indigenous peoples have access to effective remedy.

The book is edited by ENIP member Cathal  M Doyle and contains a foreword by Pavel Sulyandziga, member of the UN Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. It includes contextual and case study chapters addressing the experiences of indigenous peoples with access to remedy in the context of corporate activities in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The chapters are written by Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough, Dr. Cathal M Doyle, Mikel Berraondo Lopez and the Fuerza de Mujeres Wayuu, Shankar Gopalakrishnan, Elifuraha Laltaika, Yun Mane, Delphine Raynal, and Kanyinke Sena.

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2 thoughts on “New book on Business & Human Rights: Indigenous Peoples’ Experiences with Access to Remedy”

  1. Kindly mail me a hard copy at

    Maurice Ouma Odhiambo
    Executive Director
    Jamaa Resource Initiatives
    Ngata Phase 3
    Makao Project
    Nakuru – Eldoret Road
    P.O Box 4393, Nakuru 20100 GPO,
    Kenya

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