Issues on environmental human rights and corporate social responsibility in the Niger Delta

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Title:	Issues on environmental human rights and corporate social responsibility in the Niger Delta
Author:	Ako, R.T.
Year:	2005
Periodical:	Lesotho Law Journal: A Journal of Law and Development
Volume:	15
Issue:	1
Pages:	1-31
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	environmental law human rights pollution oil companies
Abstract:	Environmental rights belong to the third generation of rights that are still evolving. They include the right to a clean and safe environment, the right to act to protect the environment and the right to information, access to justice and participation in environmental decisionmaking processes. Environmental rights enjoy a varying degree of recognition. The author details the characteristics of environmental human rights and examines the way the operations of transnational corporations have affected these rights. He suggests that corporate social responsibility can enhance respect for environmental rights and yield benefits for both the corporations and the communities involved. The operation of oil multinationals in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria is used as a case study. Notes, ref. [ASC Leiden abstract]