This Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development report comprises an outline of the book, Zillman, D.N.; Lucas, A.R. and Pring, G. (2002) Human Rights in Natural Resource Development. Public Participation in the Sustainable Development of Mining and Energy Resources, published by Oxford University Press. It contains an introduction to the Basics of Public Participation Law and studies on emerging legal practices in Canada, Denmark and Netherlands, Central and Eastern Europe, Newly Independent States (NIS), South Asia and Latin America.