Yielding to marketocracy? Assessing the Ruggie Framework on business and human rights

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University of Pretoria

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The purpose of this study is to contribute to the current debate on corporate human rights accountability from an African perspective by critically analysing the ‘Ruggie Framework’. Questions whether it affords effective protection and remedies against corporate human rights violations occurring in Africa.

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A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Law University of Pretoria, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Masters of Law (LLM in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa). Prepared under the supervision of Prof J Oloka Onyango, Faculty of Law, Makerere University. Uganda.
LLM Dissertation (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa -- University of Pretoria, 2009.

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UCTD, Centre for Human Rights University of Pretoria, Marketocracy, Ruggie framework, Marketism, Corporate human rights

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Lunga, Z 2009, Yielding to marketocracy? Assessing the Ruggie Framework on business and human rights, LLM Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/12572>