From labour abuses to mass dislocation of peoples, infrastructure projects in developing countries raise a number of human rights problems. This paper develops a concept of 'human rights risk' to understand how project planners approach infrastructure projects in diverse subject areas and in different locations. A number of ways of managing human rights risks are discussed including litigation, anti-corruption legislation and market-based codes for transnational corporations. Then, the handling of human rights problems within the context of three infrastructure projects is examined.
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Human Rights Risk, Infrastructure Projects and Developing Countries
Michael Likosky1
1Oxford University, ml29@soas.ac.uk
Citation Information: Global Jurist Advances. Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages –, ISSN (Online) 1535-1661, DOI: 10.2202/1535-1661.1051, March 2002
Publication History:
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- 2002-03-06
Keywords: human rights; law and development; infrastructure
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