Description:
I - Project Description:
A. Figures and facts;
B. Development of the construction;
C. The pipeline route and the protection of the construction sites;
D. Methods of employment...
II - Support for the junta:
A. An act of moral and political support;
B. Disregard for civil society and its legitimate representatives - TOTAL'S interest in upholding
the junta;
C. Economic support;
D. Logistical and military support...
III - A Judicial Void:
A. The coup d'etat and the absence of rule of law;
B. Burma's obligations under international law...
IV - Human Rights Violations in conjunction with the Pipeline:-
A. Militarisation:
1. Attacks on the project;
2. Reprisals...
B. Forced relocation of the population:
1. Evictions from villages;
2. Expropriations...
C. Forced labour:
1. Forced labour and the general infrastructure;
2. Forced labour and security;
3. The case of the Ye-Tavoy railway;
4. The porters of the Burmese army...
D. Other violations:
1. Summary executions;
2. Torture and other cruel, inhumane and degrading practices;
3. Rape and violence against women;
4. Violations of economic, social and cultural rights;
5. Environmental rights...
V - Conclusions and Recommendations.
Source/publisher:
Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme (FIDH)
Date of Publication:
1996-11-00
Date of entry:
2005-08-29
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- Individual Documents
Category:
Language:
English
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