Law Infrastructure and Human Rights

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.