Land Grabbing and Human Rights: The Involvement of European Corporate and Financial Entities in Land Grabbing outside the European Union
In early research on land grabbing, the initial focus was on foreign companies investing abroad, with a particular focus on those based in countries such as China, Gulf States, South Korea, and India. In recent years, it has become evident that the range of countries land investors originate in is far broader, and includes both North Atlantic - and EU-based actors. In this study, we offer both quantitative and qualitative data illustrating the involvement of EU-based corporate and financial entities in land deals occurring outside of the EU. This study also analyses the global land rush within a human rights framework, examining the implications of particular land deals involving EU-based investors and their impact on communities living in areas where the investments are taking place. The research presented here builds partly on Cotula’s 2014 study on the drivers and human rights implications of land grabbing, but differs in that it focuses explicitly on particular cases of possible, actual or potential human rights abuses and violations, in the context of activities involving European corporate and financial entities. In our conclusions, we offer a series of recommendations on how the EU can more effectively address these issues.
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Saturnino M. BORRAS Jr. (International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands), Philip SEUFERT (FIAN International, Germany), Stephan BACKES (FIAN International, Belgium), Daniel FYFE (FIAN International, Switzerland), Roman HERRE (FIAN Germany, Germany), Laura MICHELE (FIAN International, Germany) and Elyse MILLS (International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands)
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- AGRICULTURA, SILVICULTURA Y PESCA
- ASUNTOS FINANCIEROS
- autorregulación
- biocarburante
- competencia extraterritorial
- construcción europea
- DERECHO
- derechos humanos
- derechos sociales
- derechos y libertades
- ECONOMÍA
- EMPRESA Y COMPETENCIA
- ENERGÍA
- financiación e inversión
- fuentes y ramas del Derecho
- independencia alimentaria
- INTERCAMBIOS ECONÓMICOS Y COMERCIALES
- inversión en el extranjero
- movilidad territorial
- organización de la empresa
- organización de la justicia
- papel internacional de la UE
- política comercial
- política comercial común
- política de desarrollo
- política económica
- política energética
- política internacional
- RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES
- responsabilidad social de la empresa
- sistema de explotación agraria
- UNIÓN EUROPEA
- ética comercial