Analysis of the Film 'No Gold for Kalsaka' in terms of The Right to Economic Self-Determination

Year 2021, Issue: 35, 284 - 298, 30.06.2021

Selim Misafir

https://doi.org/10.31123/akil.887987

Abstract

Colonialism activities in Africa have now turned into an economic exploitation system by multinational companies rather than the use of occupy and power as in past. Recent case in Kalsaka which has gold mine deposits in Burkina Faso, is a concrete instance of this. The people of Kalsaka suffer greatly because of unfair interventions in their natural resources. The film ‘No Gold for Kalsaka’ is a motion picture that pans over its camera to these grievances and that carries happenings in Kalsaka to the screen. When entered through the door that the film opens by considering the public opinion it creates, the legal perspective on the subject takes shape. In that sense, one of the legal norms that can be applied against unlawful treatments in Kalsaka is the right to economic self-determination. This as a human right, ensure the permanent sovereignty of the people of Kalsaka over their natural resources, may come to the fore in face of the actions they are subjected to. In this context, steps can be taken to compensate the damages of the Kalsaka people based on the authority given by this right which includes the rights to own, use and benefit from natural resources.

Keywords

colonialism, Africa, the right to economic self-determination, the film No Gold for Kalsaka, cinema, human rights

Analysis of the Film ‘No Gold for Kalsaka’ in terms of the Right to Economic Self-Determination

Abstract

Afrika topraklarında geçmişteki işgalci ve güç kullanımına dayanan sömürgecilik faaliyetleri, günümüzde yerini çokuluslu sermaye şirketleri eliyle ekonomik sömürü düzenine bırakmıştır. Burkina Faso’nun altın madeni yataklarına sahip Kalsaka kasabasında yakın zamanda yaşananlar, bunun somut bir örneğidir. Kalsaka halkı, doğal kaynakları üzerinde gerçekleştirilen haksız müdahaleler nedeniyle büyük bir mağduriyet ile karşı karşıya kalmıştır. ‘No Gold for Kalsaka’ filmi, kamerasını bu hukuksuz manzaralara çevirerek Kalsaka’da yaşananları sinema perdesine taşıyor. Filmin oluşturmaya çalıştığı kamuoyu dikkate alınarak araladığı bu kapıdan girildiğinde, konuya ilişkin olarak hak savunuculuğu anlamında hukuki bakış açısı şekillenmektedir. Bu anlamda, Kalsaka’da sergilenen hukuka aykırı muamelelere karşı başvurulabilecek hukuki kurumların başında ekonomik kendi kaderini tayin hakkı geliyor. Kalsaka halkının doğal kaynakları üzerindeki sürekli egemenliklerini güvence altına alan bu hak, maruz kaldıkları eylemler karşısında gündeme gelebilir ve hukuki sorumluluklar doğurabilir. Bu çerçevede, Kalsaka halkının doğal kaynaklara dayanan zenginliklere sahip olma, kullanma ve yararlanma haklarını ihtiva eden bu hakkın verdiği yetkiye dayanarak uğradıkları zararların tazminine yönelik adımlar atılabilir.

Keywords

sömürgecilik, Afrika, ekonomik kendi kaderini tayin hakkı, No Gold for Kalsaka filmi, sinema, insan hakları

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