Contracting Out of Human Rights

Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project

Amnesty International (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

56 Seiten

2005
Amnesty International UK (Verlag)
978-1-873328-62-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Expresses the view that companies have a responsibility for the human rights of their operations. This report highlights the potential dangers to human rights posed by investment agreements underpinning the pipeline project, as well as the need for a new approach to investment that ensures respect for human rights.

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A consortium of oil companies is extracting oil from the Doba oilfields in southern Chad and transporting it 1,070 km by pipeline to Cameroon's Atlantic coast. This Amnesty International report expresses the view that companies have a responsibility for the human rights of their operations. It highlights the potential dangers to human rights posed by investment agreements underpinning the pipeline project, as well as the need for a new approach to investment that ensures respect for human rights.

Inhalt

Glossary; Executive summary; 1 Investment and human rights; 2 The human rights context; 3 The legal framework; 4 The financial framework; 5 The human rights implications of the investment agreements; 6 The human rights at stake; 7 Recommendations; Appendix; Endnotes; Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.9.2005
• Zusatzinfo: map, b&w photos
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 190 x 288 mm
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• ISBN-10: 1-873328-62-1 / 1873328621
• ISBN-13: 978-1-873328-62-0 / 9781873328620
• Zustand: Neuware