Integrating Human Rights Into Tanzania’s Mining Industry Legal Regime For Effective Economic Diplomacy: Gaps And Solutions
- IJLLR Journal
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GK Rwebangira, (PhD), Law lecturer in the Faculty of Law at the Catholic University of Mbeya. He also serves as the Head of Department of Public Law.
NB Mbwambo, (LLM), Law Assistant Lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Catholic University of Mbeya. She also serves as Faculty of Law-Quality Assurance Officer
ABSTRACT
The mining sector in Tanzania has experienced substantial growth over recent decades, attracting significant Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and playing a vital role in the country’s economic development. However, this growth has exposed the country to serious human rights challenges, including forced evictions, toxic spills, inadequate compensation, and unsafe working conditions. The existing legal frameworks aim at regulating these issues, but persistent human rights abuses are reported; hence affecting realization of national economic diplomacy goals. This paper seeks to address these gaps through integrating human rights into Tanzania’s mining laws. This would foster a more responsible and sustainable mining and reduction of human rights violations for attaining the country’s desired economic diplomacy policy. Through this analysis, the research contributes to the broader discourse on the intersection of human rights, FDI, and economic diplomacy within Tanzania’s extractive industries.
Keywords: economic diplomacy, human rights, mining industry, natural resources; legal regime, economic growth, foreign direct investment and international cooperation.
