Sökning: "conflict minerals"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 43 uppsatser innehållade orden conflict minerals.

1. 1. Strengthening Sovereignty or Creating Dependence : A study on the United Nations and the Dodd-Frank Act’s effect on the autonomy of the Democratic Republic of Congo in mineral conflicts

   Kandidat-uppsats, Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

   Författare :Linn Runesson; Victoria Basualdo; [2023]
   Nyckelord :The Democratic Republic of Congo; DRC; The United Nations; UN; MONUSCO; Peacekeeping Operations; conflict; the Dodd-Frank Act; minerals; peacekeeping; dependence; dependency; neo-colonialism; autonomy; aid;

   Sammanfattning : As the global demand for natural resources grows, conflicts and instability surrounding minerals and resources continue to mark the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operation MONUSCO has been deployed in the DRC since 2010, and that same year, the United States (US) established the Dodd-Frank Act with its Section 1502 concerning conflict minerals originating from the DRC. LÄS MER

3. 2. Actors and Narratives in Congolese Mineral Trade : A Qualitative Case Study on Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Clara Stjernholm Vladic; [2023]
   Nyckelord :minerals; conflict; DRC; Congo; US; conflict minerals; advocacy coalition framework; stakeholder analysis;

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4. 3. Complicity and Conflict Minerals: How did and could the European Union respond to its complicity in third countries in the case of the Conflict Minerals Regulation?

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Peg Magnusson; [2023]
   Nyckelord :complicity; territorial extension; due diligence; conflict minerals; EU regulatory power; Law and Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : For many years, the European Union has been aware that its trade with so-called “conflict minerals” has indirectly contributed to conflict and human rights abuses in third countries. In 2014, as a response to this contribution, the European Commission proposed a regulation aiming to control the products containing the minerals that enter the internal market. LÄS MER

5. 4. “Gold is gold”: Understanding the role of European actors along the supply chain of Colombian gold

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Författare :Catalina Scheer; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Supply Chain Sustainability; Conflict Minerals; Gold; Transparency; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Gold mining causes various negative social and environmental impacts in countries of extraction like Colombia. Voluntary and legal efforts to tackle these challenges have recently increased in Europe. To understand the complex supply chain and the impact of the newly evolved governance structures better, more research is needed. LÄS MER

7. 5. Does violence against land equal violence towards its people? : Understanding Sámi perspective of the land-use conflict in Gállok through Galtung´s violence triangle

   Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Författare :Lumi Hultkrantz; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Sámi people; Gállok; Indigenous people; settler colonialism; Galtung´s three dimensions of violence; colonialism; green transition;

   Sammanfattning : Abstract Sápmi, located in the North of Fennoscandia, including Finland, Sweden, Norway and parts of Russia, is the home of the majority of the indigenous Sámi people. With a high amount of natural resources in the shape of minerals, forests, and energy extraction, Sápmi is a place of a dispute between different actors such as the Nordic governments, corporations, locals, and Europe’s only indigenous people, the Sámis. LÄS MER