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Deregulation and the denial of human rights in Zambia

Originally based at Oxford University’s Refugee Studies Centre, RAID was first established in 1997 to examine the human rights impacts of the privatisation of Zambia’s state-owned copper mines. In 2001, RAID was the first NGO to file a complaint under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises concerning the way Anglo American had conducted itself during the sale of Zambia’s copper mines. RAID’s work with Zambian NGOs provided a model for other NGOs to emulate.


ES	Executive Summary

Section 0.a	Preface, Abbreviations, Table of Contents

Section 0.b	Introduction: Deregulation, privatisation and the denial of economic and social rights in Zambia

Section 1	The advisability of international assistance and Government ownership of the reform programme

Section 1 Supplement 1	The stabilisation programme

Section 1 Supplement 2	Zambia’s External Debt

Section 1 Supplement 3	A summary of World Bank assistance measures employed in Zambia 1991 - 04/1999

Section 2	Privatisation, deregulation and the denial of human rights

Section 2.I	Privatisation in the public interest

Section 2.II	Employment, unemployment, and work-based rights

Section 2.III	Access to land and the right to housing

Section 2.III Supplement	The process of gaining title to land

Section 2.IV	The conduct of parastatal and private companies

Section 2.IV Supplement	The sale of ZCCM

Section 3.I	Austerity and the denial of social rights; Social policy and spending: an overview

Section 3.II	Education

Section 3.III	Social Welfare

Section 3.IV	Health

Section 4	Summary of sections and concluding observations

Section 5	Bibliography

Fact Sheets	Privatisation in Zambia: What it Means for the Majority

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