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In the first comprehensive study on the issue, Kolawole Olaniyan challenges the conventional notion that sovereign and ownership rights over proceeds of corruption should be exclusively exercised by States. He examines the relationship between the right to wealth and natural resources, proceeds of corruption, and economic activities.
List of contents
- Part I: Conceptual Frameworks
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Concepts and Theories
- 3: Links between Corruption in the Public Sector and Private Sector
- Part II: Legal and Institutional Frameworks
- 4: International Legal Rules on Proceeds Deriving from Corruption and Main Legal Challenges
- 5: Institutional Frameworks
- 6: International Cooperation and Assistance
- Part III: Towards a Coherent Foundation for Justice and Remedies for Victims of Corruption
- 7: Justice and Remedies for Victims of Corruption
- 8: Conclusions: Sovereign and Ownership Rights of Proceeds Deriving from Corruption: Suggestions for Reforms
About the author
Kolawole Olaniyan is a Legal Adviser at Amnesty International's International Secretariat, London. He was previously director of the Africa Programme (2004-2007) and has been a researcher and visiting lecturer at universities in the United States and United Kingdom. He holds a doctorate in international law on corruption and economic crimes from the Law School of the University of Notre Dame. Olaniyan is the author of a seminal book on Corruption and Human Rights Law in Africa. He has authored many other book chapters and articles on international law on corruption, economic crimes, and human rights law. He is a member of the Nigerian Bar Association.
Summary
In the first comprehensive study on the issue, Kolawole Olaniyan challenges the conventional notion that sovereign and ownership rights over proceeds of corruption should be exclusively exercised by States. He examines the relationship between the right to wealth and natural resources, proceeds of corruption, and economic activities.
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This book offers an original academic but also practitioner perspective on the interplay between the legal rules on asset recovery and human rights law. Dr Olaniyan innovatively applies an international human rights law framework to issues of ownership of proceeds of corruption and in so doing advances the idea of access of victims to effective remedies.
