This guide is written for local CSOs, human rights defenders and community rights advocates in Africa and beyond. “Biashara Na Haki” Part 2 focuses on practical tools and steps to identify business and human rights impacts and obtain remedy. The guide encourages a constructive approach to engagement that favours collaborative strategies such as negotiation and joint problem solving, and campaigning where necessary.

The guide is a co-creation by me, Jeroen de Zeeuw, Rose Kimotho and Caitlin Pierce.

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Written in a question-and-answer format, the 150-page information and toolkit provides basic legal and factual information, tools and strategies on four key subjects of industrial mining (legal regulations, project life cycle, roles and responsibilities, impact assessment), local communities (representation, actions, documentation and monitoring, access to remedy), benefits (royalties and taxes, local content, local development agreements, and financial management), and negative impacts (land acquisition and compensation, environmental pollution, cultural heritage impacts, conflicts). The information and tools are based on domestic DRC laws and regulations, regional and international standards, industry best practice and experiences of civil society organizations and affected communities in DRC and globally.

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• The document is available in French.

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The issue paper was co-published in June 2016 by Afghanistan Research Evaluation Unit and GIZ.

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• The document is available on AREU’s website.

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