Business, Human Rights and Natural Resource Governance
Accountability for a Just Transition
Will be published approx. on 19. February 2026
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-5099-7084-1 (ISBN)
Description
This open access book examines the role played by international, regional, and national legal frameworks in holding corporations operating in the natural resource sector accountable for human rights violations in the Global South.
Influential scholars from across the world address pressing issues concerning the integration of business and human rights standards for better governance of natural resources. They focus particularly on extractive and multinational companies in the Global South and their role in the transition to net zero societies. The book also examines legal remedies for corporate accountability under international, human rights and transnational law, using case studies from selected countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
The book reviews proposals for an enforceable legal framework to hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses and environmental damage. It considers initiatives such as the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the UN's Draft Business and Human Rights Treaty, and the European Union Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
The book is essential reading for researchers working in the fields of business and human rights law natural resources law, environmental law and international law, as well as corporate and human rights practitioners litigating in the energy and natural resources sectors.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
Influential scholars from across the world address pressing issues concerning the integration of business and human rights standards for better governance of natural resources. They focus particularly on extractive and multinational companies in the Global South and their role in the transition to net zero societies. The book also examines legal remedies for corporate accountability under international, human rights and transnational law, using case studies from selected countries across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
The book reviews proposals for an enforceable legal framework to hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses and environmental damage. It considers initiatives such as the OECD Guidelines on Multinational Enterprises, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the UN's Draft Business and Human Rights Treaty, and the European Union Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive.
The book is essential reading for researchers working in the fields of business and human rights law natural resources law, environmental law and international law, as well as corporate and human rights practitioners litigating in the energy and natural resources sectors.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
693 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5099-7084-1 (9781509970841)
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Persons
Ricardo Pereira is Reader in Transnational Law at Cardiff University, UK.
Lee McConnell is Senior Lecturer in Law at Bristol University, UK.
Annalisa Savaresi is Professor of International Environmental Law at the University of Eastern Finland, Finland.
Lee McConnell is Senior Lecturer in Law at Bristol University, UK.
Annalisa Savaresi is Professor of International Environmental Law at the University of Eastern Finland, Finland.
Content
1. Business, Human Rights and Natural Resource Governance: An Introduction, Ricardo Pereira (Cardiff University, UK) and Lee McConnell (University of Bristol, UK)
Part I: Legal Frameworks for Corporate Accountability in Transnational and Human Rights Law
2. Public Security for Private Gain: Extractive Industries, State Security and the Business and Human Rights Treaty, Lee McConnell (University of Bristol, UK)
3. Corporate Accountability for Climate Change: What Role for Business and Human Rights?, Marisa McVey (Queen's University Belfast, UK) and Annalisa Savaresi (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
4. Driving the Energy Transition Responsibly? EU Legal Responses for Sustainable Mineral Supply Chains, Virginie Rouas (SOAS, University of London, UK) and Joshua Roberts (REScoop.EU, Belgium)
5. The Role of Environmental and Human Rights Due Diligence in Advancing the EU's Strategic Energy Autonomy, Laura Sanaz Kaschny (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands)
6. Holding Corporations to Account: The Chimera of Customary International Law? Simon Baughen (Swansea University, UK)
7. Transnational Corporate Liability for Environmental Human Rights Abuses in the Global South: Evaluating the Post-Brexit Landscape, Sol Meckievi (University of Cambridge, UK) and Maria-Augusta Paim (University of Nottingham, UK)
Part II: Environmental Justice, Human Rights and Natural Resource Governance in the Global South
8. Business and Human Rights in Armed Conflicts and the Competition for Natural Resources, Jelena Aparac and Yousuf Syed Khan (United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, Switzerland)
9. Ecocide, Human Rights and the Prospects for Corporate Accountability before the International Criminal Court and Domestic Courts, Ricardo Pereira (Cardiff University, UK)
10. Corporate Environmental Damage and the Private-Public Accountability Nexus: The Prospects of the Right to a Healthy Environment, Rosemary Mwanza (Stockholm University, Sweden)
11. Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment: A Rights-Based Approach to Hold Pharmaceutical Companies Accountable, Lovleen Bhullar (Cambridge University, UK)
12. Shale Gas Development, Energy Justice and Human Rights in the Global South, Karen Makuch (Imperial College London, UK) and Miriam Aczel (UC Berkeley, USA)
13. The Social Licence to Operate in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry: A New Approach to Governance under the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, Eghosa Ekhator (University of Derby, UK)
Part I: Legal Frameworks for Corporate Accountability in Transnational and Human Rights Law
2. Public Security for Private Gain: Extractive Industries, State Security and the Business and Human Rights Treaty, Lee McConnell (University of Bristol, UK)
3. Corporate Accountability for Climate Change: What Role for Business and Human Rights?, Marisa McVey (Queen's University Belfast, UK) and Annalisa Savaresi (University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
4. Driving the Energy Transition Responsibly? EU Legal Responses for Sustainable Mineral Supply Chains, Virginie Rouas (SOAS, University of London, UK) and Joshua Roberts (REScoop.EU, Belgium)
5. The Role of Environmental and Human Rights Due Diligence in Advancing the EU's Strategic Energy Autonomy, Laura Sanaz Kaschny (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands)
6. Holding Corporations to Account: The Chimera of Customary International Law? Simon Baughen (Swansea University, UK)
7. Transnational Corporate Liability for Environmental Human Rights Abuses in the Global South: Evaluating the Post-Brexit Landscape, Sol Meckievi (University of Cambridge, UK) and Maria-Augusta Paim (University of Nottingham, UK)
Part II: Environmental Justice, Human Rights and Natural Resource Governance in the Global South
8. Business and Human Rights in Armed Conflicts and the Competition for Natural Resources, Jelena Aparac and Yousuf Syed Khan (United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner, Switzerland)
9. Ecocide, Human Rights and the Prospects for Corporate Accountability before the International Criminal Court and Domestic Courts, Ricardo Pereira (Cardiff University, UK)
10. Corporate Environmental Damage and the Private-Public Accountability Nexus: The Prospects of the Right to a Healthy Environment, Rosemary Mwanza (Stockholm University, Sweden)
11. Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment: A Rights-Based Approach to Hold Pharmaceutical Companies Accountable, Lovleen Bhullar (Cambridge University, UK)
12. Shale Gas Development, Energy Justice and Human Rights in the Global South, Karen Makuch (Imperial College London, UK) and Miriam Aczel (UC Berkeley, USA)
13. The Social Licence to Operate in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry: A New Approach to Governance under the Petroleum Industry Act 2021, Eghosa Ekhator (University of Derby, UK)