Human Rights in Minefields

Human Rights in Minefields

Extractive Economies, Environmental Conflicts, and Social Justice in the Global South

  • Author: Baquero Díaz, Carlos Andrés; Benya, Asanda; Burawoy, Michael; Cárdenas Mendoza, Omaira; González Armijo, Mariana; von Holdt, Karl; Kodiveri, Arpitha; Mendieta Miranda, Maximiliano; L., Morris, Meghan; Nakiganda, Ida; Sanhueza Cubillos, Cristián; Vi
  • Publisher: Dejusticia
  • ISBN: 9789585903784
  • eISBN Pdf: 9789585903777
  • Place of publication:  Bogotá , Colombia
  • Year of publication: 2015
  • Pages: 386

Este libro reúne los relatos de 16 investigadores activistas del Sur Global sobre diferentes temas de derechos humanos en sus respectivos países. Son el resultado del primer taller de investigación-acción que llevó a cabo Dejusticia.

  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • Introduction: A New Generation of Writing on Human Rights, César Rodríguez-Garavito
    • Chapter 1. Amphibious Research: Human Rights and Action Research in a Multimedia World, César Rodríguez-Garavito
  • Part one: Studies
    • Chapter 2. The Limits of the Law: The Struggles of the Traditional Fishers of Hobeni Village, Wilmien Wicomb (South Africa)
    • Chapter 3. Notes for a Territory, Cristián Sanhueza Cubillos (Chile)
    • Chapter 4. Negotiating Forest Rights, Duties, and Relocation in the Sariska Tiger Reserve, Arpitha Kodiveri (India)
    • Chapter 5. The Dispute over the “Heart of the World”: Indigenous Law Meets Western Law in the Protection of Santa Marta’s Sierra Nevada, Omaira Cárdenas Mendoza, Carlos Andrés Baquero Díaz (Colombia)
    • Chapter 6. Why Not in Their Own Backyard? Development, Human Rights, and the Governance Framework, Mariana González Armijo (Mexico)
    • Chapter 7. Exploring the Meaning of Community Participation in Uganda, Ida Nakiganda (Uganda)
    • Chapter 8. La Oroya: A Painful Wait for Justice, María José Veramendi Villa (Peru)
    • Chapter 9. Marikana: The Absence of Justice, Dignity, and Freedom?, Asanda Benya (South Africa)
    • Chapter 10. Hydrocarbon Extraction in the Guaraní Ñandeva Territory: What about the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?, Maximiliano Mendieta Miranda (Paraguay)
    • Chapter 11. A Land for Moisés, Marisa Viegas e Silva (Brazil)
  • Part two: Commentaries
    • Chapter 12. Action Research in the Field of Human Rights, Michael Burawoy
    • Chapter 13. Our Common but Fragmented World: Questions of Law, Power, Community, Karl von Holdt
    • Chapter 14. Situated Storytelling: Vision in the Writing of Law and Justice, Meghan L. Morris
    • Chapter 15. Violence, Resources, and the Law, Nandini Sundar
  • Contributors

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