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Beyond Hot Air Interview series: Indigenous people and mining for critical raw materials. #7 Securing raw materials in Namibia: Legal perspectives on Namibia’s Strategic Partnership with the EU

Willem Odendaal, lawyer and social scientist in the context of environmental and human rights law was interviewed by Gertrude Saxinger, Uni Graz & Austrian Polar Research Institute (APRI). May 2024.

Willem Odendaal shares insights from his extensive sociological and legal work with Indigenous Peoples and local communities in Namibia in the context of environmental and human rights law.
Namibia is of particular interest to the EU in its efforts to secure sustainable critical raw materials value chains, as evidenced by the Memorandum of Understanding establishing a Strategic Partnership on Sustainable Raw Materials Value Chains and Renewable Hydrogen to support the green and digital transformation of the partners' economies signed in 2022. Willem discusses why Namibia is considered a favourable partner, the opportunities and risks involved and the issues around Indigenous and local communities impacted by industrial developments being fairly represented in the legal system and decision making processes.


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