2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Relations Between Minerals Extraction and Human Rights Violation in Conflict
Project/Area Number |
19H01457
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Review Section |
Basic Section 06020:International relations-related
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Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
Principal Investigator |
Hanai Kazuyo 東京大学, 未来ビジョン研究センター, 特任講師 (10768013)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
米川 正子 明治学院大学, 国際平和研究所, 研究員 (80626474)
MASWANA J.C. 立命館大学, 経済学部, 教授 (30378525)
大石 晃史 青山学院大学, 国際政治経済学部, 研究員 (60814944)
林 裕 福岡大学, 商学部, 准教授 (40779980)
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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Keywords | アフリカ / コンゴ民主共和国 / 資源採掘 / 紛争鉱物取引規制 / 紛争下の性暴力 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Research on the conflict minerals issue in DRC has led to the conclusion that the international community's regulation on conflict minerals has not changed the mechanism linking conflict and resources, and has not functioned as a means of conflict resolution. The system of distributing only certified conflict-free minerals has problems upstream in the supply chain. Neighboring countries continue to intervene in the conflict in eastern DRC, and the political dynamics in the Great Lakes region of Africa are not conducive to conflict resolution. Military masculinity is a major structural factor contributing to the prevalence of sexual violence as a weapon of conflict, among other gross human rights violations. Pressure from the international community has not been a sufficient force to change the mechanisms of conflict. The research results were presented at conferences, and summarized in papers, and policy recommendations for improvement were published.
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Free Research Field |
国際協力学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究の意義は、紛争鉱物取引規制の効果という結果のみではなく、規制が紛争と資源が結びつくメカニズムをどう変えたことによってその結果がもたらされたのかというプロセスを詳細に検討したことにある。メカニズムレベルでの分析は他の例を見ないため、国際ジャーナルに掲載した論文が高く評価されている。研究成果に基づいて政策提言を公開し、日本の政府、企業、援助団体が取り組むべき施策を提示した点に社会的意義がある。
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