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Using Judicial Actions to Address Corporate Human Rights Abuses: Colombia, 2000–2014

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dc.creatorBernal-Bermudez, Lauraspa
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-28T15:49:17Z
dc.date.available2020-08-28T15:49:17Z
dc.date.created2017-01-01spa
dc.description.abstractIn October 2014 a lower court in Medellin (Colombia) convicted more than 20 businessmen and women for illicit association with the paramiliaries and forced displacement of the Afro Colombian communities of Curvarado and Jiguamiando. Among them were managers and former employees of nine oil palm companies, including Urapalma SA. The judge ordered the restitution of the communal lands and financial com pension for the victims. This is one of the first criminal rulings that we know of where firms have been held accountable for their role in the vip lence perpetrated during the internal armed conflict, creating an interest ing precedent for future cases. This is an unexpected outcome in Colombia, based on the particu lar historical, political, social and cultural dynamics, and given what we know from the emerging literature on corporate human rights abuses. It is not difficult to imagine why corporations are involved in human rights abuses in a country like Colombia. y the one hand, the country has an ongoing internal armed conflict, low scores in governance and rule of law indexes, and high levels of corruption. On the other hand, govern ments have adopted several development plans focused on attracting FDI and aiming to increase the country's participation in global markets. It is, however, difficult to imagine that companies (or business people) could be held accountable through criminal proceedings and much less that repara tion for victims would be possible.eng
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56694-2
dc.identifier.issnISBN: 978-1-137-56693-5
dc.identifier.issnEISBN: 978-1-137-56694-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/28528
dc.language.isoengspa
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillanspa
dc.relation.citationEndPage166
dc.relation.citationStartPage149
dc.relation.citationTitleLaw and Policy in Latin America: Transforming Courts, Institutions, and Rights
dc.relation.ispartofLaw and Policy in Latin America: Transforming Courts Institutions and Rights, ISBN: 978-1-137-56693-5; EISBN: 978-1-137-56694-2, Chapter 9 (2017); pp. 149-166spa
dc.relation.urihttps://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137566935spa
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dc.sourceLaw and Policy in Latin America: Transforming Courts, Institutions, and Rightsspa
dc.source.instnameinstname:Universidad del Rosario
dc.source.reponamereponame:Repositorio Institucional EdocUR
dc.subject.keywordUsing Judicial Actionsspa
dc.subject.keywordAddress Corporate Human Rights Abusesspa
dc.subject.keywordColombia 2000–2014spa
dc.subject.keywordRestitution of the communal landsspa
dc.titleUsing Judicial Actions to Address Corporate Human Rights Abuses: Colombia, 2000–2014spa
dc.title.TranslatedTitleUso de acciones judiciales para abordar los abusos de derechos humanos corporativos: Colombia, 2000-2014spa
dc.typebookParteng
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