Energy Security and Human Rights
Article from: OGEL 4 (2007), in Human Rights
Introduction
Energy security is also about human rights. The human rights situation in a country can upset the level of energy security considerably. In addition, it relies on how corporations in the extractive industry deal with the challenges posed by doing business in environments marked by widespread human rights violations. Are corporate policies in place to prevent, mitigate and redress internal as well as external human rights violations? And, if affirmative, how are they implemented and communicated to the public? The current answers to these questions among the Oil & Gas ...