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Community-Investor Negotiation Guide 2: Negotiating Contracts with Investors

Une description en français est ci-dessous. Deciding whether or not to allow an investor to use community lands and natural resources is one of the most important decisions a community can make. If an investment project is carried out in a respectful and inclusive way, it may help community members to achieve their development goals,… read more

Community-Investor Negotiation Guide 1: Preparing in Advance for Potential Investors

Une description en français est ci-dessous. Deciding whether or not to allow an investor to use community lands and natural resources is one of the most important decisions a community can make. If an investment project is carried out in a respectful and inclusive way, it may help community members to achieve their development goals,… read more

Implementing the Ahafo Benefit Agreements: Seeking Meaningful Community Participation at Newmont’s Ahafo Gold Mine in Ghana

In 2008, ten communities in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana entered into agreements with Newmont Ghana to govern company-community relations, ensure local job creation, and share the benefits of the company’s mining operations. Ten years later, this report, co-authored by Canadian International Resources and Development Institute (CIRDI), African Center for Energy Policy (ACEP), CCSI, and… read more

Parallel Event at the 62nd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62) | Roots of Empowerment: Land Rights to Rural Women

Date: March 14, 2018, 2:30pm-4:00pm
Location: Church Center of the United Nations, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10027 (Room: Second Floor)

Odenda Lumumba’s Alumni Profile

February 19, 2018

In this alumni profile, Odenda Lumumba, Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Land Alliance and a 2016 Executive Training alumnus, provides insights into work as a human rights advocate specializing in land issues.

UN Forum on Business and Human Rights: Session on Realizing Access to Remedy – Implications of the International Investment Regime

Date: November 29, 2017, 10:00am-11:30am local (Geneva) time
Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Is There a Human Right to Land?

By Kaitlin Cordes
November 8, 2017

In this blog post, Kaitlin Cordes considers whether and how international human rights law recognizes a human right to land, and the ways in which land rights are inextricably linked to human rights.

Roundtable on Impacts of the Investment Regime on Access to Justice

Date: October 18, 2017
Location: Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Annex

The Use (and Misuse) of European Human Rights Law in Investor-State Arbitration

Date: October 10, 2017, 12:10-1pm
Location: Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 102B

The Why and How of an International Covenant on the Right of Human Beings to the Environment

Date: October 5, 2017, 12:00pm-1:10pm
Location: William & June Warren Hall (1125 Amsterdam Avenue, NY, NY), Room L107