TY - BOOK
T1 - Land Grabbing and Human Rights: The Role of EU Actors Abroad
AU - Mills, Elyse
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Key Messages
1 EU-based actors play a significant role in land grabbing and related
human rights abuses outside of Europe, yet the full extent of their
involvement is difficult to quantify.
2 This brief identifies five key mechanisms in which EU actors are involved
in land grabbing, and which can cause human rights abuses or threats.
A full understanding of these mechanisms is crucial for tackling the
human rights challenges emerging from land grabbing.
3 The EU and its Member States’ extraterritorial obligations require them
to take concrete steps to prevent and remedy human rights abuses and
violations in the context of land grabbing.
4 The EU has responded to land grabbing-related human rights challenges
through a variety of policies and initiatives. However, the EU’s response
to land grabbing, by acts and omissions, has been insufficient to meet its
human rights obligations.
5 Business self-regulation and corporate social responsibility schemes
have proved to be insufficient for addressing land grabbing-related
human rights issues.
6 The EU and its Member States can play an important role in preventing
land grabbing, and addressing related human rights abuses and
violations, by implementing a set of policy regulations.
AB - Key Messages
1 EU-based actors play a significant role in land grabbing and related
human rights abuses outside of Europe, yet the full extent of their
involvement is difficult to quantify.
2 This brief identifies five key mechanisms in which EU actors are involved
in land grabbing, and which can cause human rights abuses or threats.
A full understanding of these mechanisms is crucial for tackling the
human rights challenges emerging from land grabbing.
3 The EU and its Member States’ extraterritorial obligations require them
to take concrete steps to prevent and remedy human rights abuses and
violations in the context of land grabbing.
4 The EU has responded to land grabbing-related human rights challenges
through a variety of policies and initiatives. However, the EU’s response
to land grabbing, by acts and omissions, has been insufficient to meet its
human rights obligations.
5 Business self-regulation and corporate social responsibility schemes
have proved to be insufficient for addressing land grabbing-related
human rights issues.
6 The EU and its Member States can play an important role in preventing
land grabbing, and addressing related human rights abuses and
violations, by implementing a set of policy regulations.
U2 - 10.13140/RG.2.2.15850.82881
DO - 10.13140/RG.2.2.15850.82881
M3 - Report
BT - Land Grabbing and Human Rights: The Role of EU Actors Abroad
CY - Heidelberg
ER -