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US Supreme Court dims a light in corporate accountability
Lorenzo Cotula
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Gaining Ground? Report sheds light on demand for accountability amid resistance to land deals in Africa
5 April 2013
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Is the tide turning for Africa’s investment treaties?
A new Canada-Benin investment treaty contains more balanced provisions than most. But a real shift in treaty making requires African governments and civil society to seek a better deal for themselves.
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Making the law give the poor greater control over natural resources
Local groups in Africa can have greater control over the natural resources on which they depend if they have access to appropriate legal arrangements and the capacity to use them. The Legal tools project aims to do this.
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Accountability in Africa's land rush: what role for legal empowerment
EITI and sustainable development: Lessons and new challenges for the Caspian region
From ‘soft’ intellectual property rights to indigenous ‘biocultural heritage indications’. Using an informal collective trademark in the Potato Park, Cusco, Peru
FPIC and the extractive industries: a guide to applying the spirit of free, prior and informed consent in industrial projects
Reconfiguring investment contracts to promote sustainable development
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IIED Insights: Q&A with Krystyna Swiderska on the Nagoya Protocol
Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development
Legal empowerment in investment projects
Making the law give the poor greater control over natural resources
