Author: Dr. Dorcas Basimanyane

Dr Dorcas Basimanyane is an international development law expert with a background in trade and investment, technology and development, emerging technologies, extractives, Indigenous peoples’ rights, business and human rights, and human rights due diligence. She is Regional Coordinator of the African Coalition for Corporate Accountability (ACCA), hosted by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, where she also manages the Business and Human Rights Unit and coordinates the Trade and Investment in Africa Master’s Programme.

From Paris to the Niger Delta: Why Human Rights Due Diligence Has a Geography Problem

. Introduction Global discourse on corporate accountability is witnessing a fundamental reorientation. For decades, governance of transnational corporations (TNCs) on human rights and environmental standards was relegated to voluntary initiatives…