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15 May 2019

CNBC Africa, Business & Human Rights Resource Centre

Maysa Zorob talks Vedanta and Zambian farmers on CNBC Africa

BHRRC's Maysa Zorob, head of Corporate Legal Accountability, discusses the UK Supreme Court ruling on Vedanta vs Zambian farmers.

This episode of CNBC Africa's Capital Connection was broadcast on April 17 2019.

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10 Apr 2019

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1 Aug 2015

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Maysa Zorob talks Vedanta and Zambian farmers on CNBC Africa

Part of the following timelines

UK Supreme court rules Zambians can sue Vedanta in English courts

Maysa Zorob talks Vedanta and Zambian farmers on CNBC Africa

Implication of UK Supreme Court decision in Vedanta v. Lungowe for supply chain relationships

Vedanta: Supreme Court rules that Zambians can seek legal redress in the UK against parent company

Not quite ‘beating your head against a brick wall’: the Supreme Court’s decision in Vedanta v. Lungowe

Zambian farmers can take Vedanta to court over water pollution. What are the legal implications?

La Cour suprême du Royaume-Uni autorise des villageois zambiens à poursuivre en justice Vedanta pour pollution

Vedanta Resources and subsidiary to face justice in the UK over human rights harms in Zambia

UK: Supreme Court rules Zambian villagers' case against Vedanta to be heard in English courts

Vedanta Resources PLC and another (Appellants) v Lungowe and others (Respondents)

UK: Supreme Court rules Zambians can sue miner Vedanta

Vedanta Resources lawsuit (re water contamination, Zambia)

Okpabi v Shell and Lungowe v Vedanta Dispel Three Myths

Vedanta & Konkola Copper Mines settle UK lawsuit brought by Zambian villagers for alleged pollution from mining activities

Leigh Day seminar highlights Lungowe v Vedanta case and its impact on future legal liability of corporations

Victory over Vedanta

Le point sur l'affaire Lungowe c. Vedanta autorisant les demandeurs zambiens à poursuivre Vedanta au Royaume-Uni

Maysa Zorob talks Vedanta and Zambian farmers on CNBC Africa

Not quite ‘beating your head against a brick wall’: the Supreme Court’s decision in Vedanta v. Lungowe

Zambian farmers can take Vedanta to court over water pollution. What are the legal implications?

La Cour suprême du Royaume-Uni autorise des villageois zambiens à poursuivre en justice Vedanta pour pollution

Vedanta Resources and subsidiary to face justice in the UK over human rights harms in Zambia

UK: Supreme Court rules Zambian villagers' case against Vedanta to be heard in English courts

UK: Supreme Court rules Zambians can sue miner Vedanta

Vedanta Resources PLC and another (Appellants) v Lungowe and others (Respondents)

Business and human rights: African mining pollution case could tighten law on parent company liability

UK lawsuit of Zambian farmers against Vedanta illustrates inequality of arms for people in poorer countries to hold multinationals to account, says expert

The Vedanta Appeal, Corporate Liability and Access to Justice: Relevance for Myanmar?

Vedanta tells top English court KCM pollution case should be heard in Zambia

Statement in Intervention in Vedanta Resources Plc and Another v Lungowe and others

UK Supreme Court Hears Landmark Case on Corporate Rights Violations

UK multinationals must respect human rights globally, UK Supreme Court is told

Landmark jurisdiction case to be heard in Supreme Court: UK mining company may be liable for pollution by Zambian subsidiary

CORE and ICJ to intervene in UK Supreme Court case

Legal Briefing Lungowe & Others v Vedanta Resources Plc & Konkola Copper Mines [2017]

Zambian villagers win right to sue Vedanta in English courts

Court of Appeal upholds ruling that claims by Zambian villagers against mining giant can be heard in UK court

Judgment Court of Appeal Lungowe & Others v Vedanta Resources Plc & Konkola Copper Mines

KCM [Konkola Copper Mines] Announcement

Vedanta appeals against claim by Zambian villagers

Leigh Day demands answers after lawyer arrest in Zambia

Leigh Day lawyer arrested in Zambia whilst meeting clients

Vedanta to contest UK court pollution ruling, says case should heard in Zambia

Zambian villagers allowed to take legal action against mining giant in UK

Zambian villagers win right to have pollution case heard in Britain

Zambian villagers take Vedanta Resources to court in UK - accuse company of turning water sources to "rivers of acid"

Company Statement to Media Reports on KCM Mining Activities

Zambian villagers take mining giant Vedanta to court in UK over toxic leaks

‘I drank the water and ate the fish. We all did. The acid has damaged me permanently’