Sam Szoke-Burke

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

William C. Warren Hall, 1st floor

410 West 116th Street

New York, NY 10027

United States

http://ccsi.columbia.edu/

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Scholarly Papers (19)

1.

Searching for the Right to Truth: The Impact of International Human Rights Law on National Transitional Justice Policies

Berkeley Journal of International Law (BJIL), Vol. 33, No. 2, 2015
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 13 Mar 2016
Sam Szoke-Burke
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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Transitional justice, right to truth, duty to prosecute, sequencing, truth commissions, prosecutions, international human rights

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Not Only ‘Context’: Why Transitional Justice Programs Can No Longer Ignore Violations of Economic and Social Rights

Texas International Law Journal, Vol. 50, No. 3, 2015
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 13 Mar 2016
Sam Szoke-Burke
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Downloads 126 (407,917)

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Transitional justice, Economic and social rights

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Implementing the Ahafo Benefit Agreements: Seeking Meaningful Community Participation at Newmont's Ahafo Gold Mine in Ghana

Number of pages: 74 Posted: 21 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 11 May 2021
Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Simon Fraser University (SFU), Independent Social Performance, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Simon Fraser University (SFU)
Downloads 102 (476,388)
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company-community relations, mining operations, benefit agreements

Innovative Financing Solutions for Community Support in the Context of Land Investments

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 25 Apr 2019
Sam Szoke-Burke and Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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basket funds, impact investments, third party funding, direct company funding, crowdfunding, agriculture, forestry, natural resource investments, community empowerment, land rights, human rights, community participation

Innovative Financing Solutions for Community Support in the Context of Land Investments

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investments, March 2019
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 30 Jul 2021
Sam Szoke-Burke and Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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basket funds, impact investments, third party funding, direct company funding, crowdfunding, agriculture, forestry, natural resource investments, community empowerment, land rights, human rights, community participation

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Community-Investor Negotiation Guide 2: Negotiating Contracts with Investors

Number of pages: 84 Posted: 21 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 11 May 2021
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Namati, Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Mapbox
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potential investors, community members, community advocates, investment project

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Mechanisms for Consultation and Free, Prior and Informed Consent in the Negotiation of Investment Contracts

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 11 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2020
Sam Szoke-Burke and Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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Consent, Consultation, Contracts, Investment, Negotiations

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Emerging Practices in Community Development Agreements

Journal of Sustainable Development Law and Policy, Vol. 7 Issue 1, 2016
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 10 Jul 2020
Jennifer Loutit, Jacqueline Mandelbaum and Sam Szoke-Burke
Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Downloads 48 (717,519)
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Community development agreement, benefit sharing, extractive industries

Governing Land Investments: Do Governments Have Legal Support Gaps?

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Report, March 2018
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 04 May 2018
Sam Szoke-Burke and Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
Downloads 29 (883,392)
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Governing Land Investments: Do Governments Have Legal Support Gaps?

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, March 2018
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 30 Jul 2021
Sam Szoke-Burke and Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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Agriculture Investment, Forestry Investment, Responsible Land Investment, Legal Support, Sustainable Investment, Human Rights, Host Governments

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Transparency for Whom? Grounding Land Investment Transparency in the Needs of Local Actors

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 09 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 11 May 2021
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Agribusiness, Forestry, Renewable Energy, Land Governance, Land Investments, Legal Processes, Policy Research, Land Investment Transparency

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Legal Frameworks & Foreign Investment: A Primer on Governments' Obligations

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 24 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 11 May 2021
Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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legal frameworks, government obligations,foreign investment, international, investment law, human rights law, domestic law, investor-state contracts

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Avoiding Belittlement of Human Suffering: A Retributivist Critique of ICTR Sentencing Practices

Journal of International Criminal Justice 10 (2012) 561-580
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 03 Jun 2014
Sam Szoke-Burke
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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Government Briefing: Incorporating Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) into Investment Approval Processes

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, 2020
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 24 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 11 May 2021
Kelly Dudine and Sam Szoke-Burke
Graduate Student Researcher, Columbia Center on Sustainable Development and Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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Consent, Consultation, Contracts, Investment, Negotiations

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Community-Investor Negotiation Guide 1: Preparing in Advance for Potential Investors

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 21 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 11 May 2021
Namati, Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Mapbox
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potential investors, community members, community advocates, investment project

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At the Intersection of Land Grievances and Legal Liability: The Need to Reconsider Contract Rights and Expectations at the Supranational Level

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2017
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 10 Jul 2020
Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Lise Johnson and Sam Szoke-Burke
Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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Human rights, investment, international investment law, grievances, communities

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Briefing for Grass-Roots Organizations – Bridging the Information Gap: How Access to Land Contracts Can Serve Community Rights

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications, 2019
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 03 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 11 May 2021
Lara Wallis and Sam Szoke-Burke
Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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land contracts, investor-state contracts, grass-roots organizations, community rights, contract transparency

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Submission to Bonsucro re Production Standard V5 (2019-21)

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 09 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 11 May 2021
Sam Szoke-Burke and Nami Patel
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 25 (893,277)
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Memos and Briefing Notes, Investment and Human Rights, Land and Agriculture

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Briefing: Governing Land Investments: Do Governments Have Legal Support Gaps?

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 09 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 14 Jun 2021
Sam Szoke-Burke and Kaitlin Y. Cordes
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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Law and Legislation Investments, Foreign Investments, Government Policy, Land Use, Agriculture, Forestry, Negotiation

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Transparency of Land-Based Investments: Cameroon Country Snapshot

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, March 2021
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 30 Apr 2021
Sam Szoke-Burke, Nguiffo Tene Samuel and Stella Tchoukep
Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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Transparency, Cameroon, Investment, Environment, CCSI, Agribusiness, Land-Based, Sustainable

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Collaborative and Participatory Approaches to HRIA: The Way Forward?

Nora Götzmann (ed.), Handbook on Human Rights Impact Assessment (2019: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd)
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Jun 2020
Kaitlin Y. Cordes, Sam Szoke-Burke and Tulika Bansal
Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 21 (930,904)

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Human rights impact assessment, participation

Other Papers (1)

Total Downloads: 11
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The Climate Crisis, Global Land Use, and Human Rights: Crucial Considerations

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 08 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 07 Jul 2021
Mateusz Kasprowicz, Sam Szoke-Burke and Kaitlin Y. Cordes
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment and Columbia University - Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment
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Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Human Rights, Land Tenure, Renewable Energy, Carbon Sequestration, Biofuels