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      Human Rights Protections and the Private Sector: The Case Study of the Marlin Mine

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      Date
      2016-03-22
      Author
      Morgan, Jenn
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      Human rights violations are becoming a matter of growing concern in areas where extractive industry development is occurring. The problem is especially acute in the Global South, particularly in Latin America where there has been a mining boom occurring since the late 1990s, and is leading to escalating conflicts between mines and the communities hosting them. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an increasingly applied norm in the extractive industry in recent years as companies have faced growing criticisms regarding human rights violations. The thesis will examine one tool of CSR – a human rights impact assessment (HRIA) and examine the effectiveness of the HRIA conducted by Goldcorp to address the communities’ allegations of human rights violations at its Marlin mine in Guatemala.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      Political Studies
      Program
      Political Science
      Supervisor
      Deonandan, Kalowatie
      Committee
      Smith, Charles; Hibbert, Neil; Noble, Bram
      Copyright Date
      February 2016
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/ETD-2016-02-2426
      Subject
      Guatemala
      CSR
      human rights
      Marlin
      mining
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