This lecture explores the current race in both the Global North and South to secure much needed critical minerals, and the attendant human rights abuses and impacts on local communities arising from the new resource rush.
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Professor Anita Ramasastry
This race is occuring at a time of increased instability and conflict in the world. Given these trends, and the rise in corruption and governance risks, what accountability mechanisms exist to address the increased human rights risks? I will explore the role of new regulation and reporting initiatives and whether they can stem the tide, as states prioritise resources over rights.
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Speaker: Anita Ramasastry is a senior academic and expert in the fields of anti-corruption, business and human rights, and law and development. She currently Directs the Sustainable International Development Law Graduate Program at the University of Washington School of Law. She is also the Special Representative on Combatting Corruption to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE); From 2016- 22 she served as a Member and Chair of The United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights appointed by the UN Human Rights Council.
Time: Thursday 12 December 2024 6.15pm-7.30pm GMT.
Location: PCL048
Chair: Dr Kim Bouwer, Durham Energy Institute
Please direct any inquiries to jane.rooney@durham.ac.uk
This event is hosted by the Extractive Industry and Foreign Security Network. This lecture is funded by the Arts and Humanity Research Council research networking scheme AH/W0072X/1