Sino-DRC mining contract “of the century” and the global “constitution”

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10 juillet 2024

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IntroductionThe contract, called “the Contract of the century”, signed on 28 April 2008 between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and a consortium of private Chinese investors is to operate one of the largest mines in the world. This contract is a great example of the legal swing of the world, ie the development of new “normative spaces” built by private actors (TNCs) and the governments of “secondary” countries according to a new “global constitution” theorized by UN bodies. This contr...

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