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Improving the governance of mineral resources in Africa through a fundamental rights-based approach to community participation

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dc.contributor.advisor Mangu, André Mbata Betukumesu
dc.contributor.author Nkongolo, Kabange, Jr.
dc.date.accessioned 2014-10-14T10:36:17Z
dc.date.available 2014-10-14T10:36:17Z
dc.date.issued 2014-10-14
dc.date.issued 2013-08
dc.identifier.citation Nkongolo, Kabange, Jr. (2014) Improving the governance of mineral resources in Africa through a fundamental rights-based approach to community participation, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14186> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14186
dc.description.abstract This study makes the assumption that community participation in the governance of mineral resources is a requirement of sustainable development and that through a fundamental rights-based approach, it can be made effective. The concern is that an affected community should not only be involved in the decision-making process, but its view must also influence the outcome in respect of whether or not a mineral project should take place and how it should address development issues at local level. It is assumed that this legal approach will improve mineral governance by bringing more transparency and accountability. In many African resource-rich countries, community participation has until now been practiced with more of a soft approach, with the consequence that it has been unable to eradicate the opacity existing in the management of revenues generated by mineral exploitation and also deal efficiently with the recurrence of fundamental rights violations in the mineral sector. Obviously, the success of the fundamental rights based-approach is not absolutely guaranteed because there are preconditions that must be fulfilled. The synergy between community participation and some relevant concepts like democracy, decentarlisation, accountability, (good) governance and sustainable development must be well balanced for the participation process to bring positive outcomes. Also, because the fundamental rights based-approach is conceived here within the framework of the African Charter of Human and People’s Rights, its normative and institutional components, despite the potential to make participation effective and successful, require that some critical challenges be addressed in practice. The study ends with the conclusion that the fundamental rights based-approach is appropriate to make community participation effective in the mineral-led development process taking place at local level, provided that its implementation is kept reasonable. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (xi, 363 leaves)
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Community participation en
dc.subject Fundamental rights-based approach en
dc.subject Governance en
dc.subject Mineral resources en
dc.subject Sustainable development en
dc.subject African Charter on Human and People’s Rights en
dc.subject.ddc 333.85096
dc.subject.lcsh African Charter on Human and People's Rights (1981) en
dc.subject.lcsh Natural resources -- Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Mineral industries -- Government policy -- Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Mines and mineral resources -- Government ownership -- Law and legislation -- Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Environmental policy -- Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Natural resources -- Africa -- Management en
dc.subject.lcsh Mines and mineral resources -- Environmental aspects -- Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Economic development projects -- Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Political participation -- Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Sustainable development -- Africa en
dc.subject.lcsh Africa -- Economic conditions en
dc.subject.lcsh Africa -- Social conditions en
dc.title Improving the governance of mineral resources in Africa through a fundamental rights-based approach to community participation en
dc.type Thesis en
dc.description.department Constitutional, International and Indigenous Law
dc.description.degree LL. D.


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