Law, infrastructure, and human rights / Michael B. Likosky.
2006
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Law, infrastructure, and human rights / Michael B. Likosky.
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Description
1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Law in context.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
Transnational public-private partnerships
Human rights risks
Iraq
Antiterrorism
Banks
EU enlargement
Antipoverty
Toward a human rights unit.
Transnational public-private partnerships
Human rights risks
Iraq
Antiterrorism
Banks
EU enlargement
Antipoverty
Toward a human rights unit.
Summary
From attacks on oil infrastructure in post-war reconstruction Iraq to the laying of gas pipelines in the Amazon Rainforest through indigenous community villages, infrastructure projects are sites of intense human rights struggles. Many state and non-state actors have proposed solutions for handling human rights problems in the context of specific infrastructure projects. Solutions have been admired for being lofty in principle; however, they have been judged wanting in practice. This book analyzes how human rights are handled in varied contexts and then assesses the feasibility of a common international institutional solution under the auspices of the United Nations to the alleged problem of the inability to translate human rights into practice.
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WWW
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Alternate Title
Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511618079 ebook
9780521859622 (hardback)
9780521676885 (paperback)
9780521859622 (hardback)
9780521676885 (paperback)
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