Non-State Actors and Human Rights: An Ongoing Debate
Non-State Actors and Human Rights: An Ongoing Debate

Summary/Abstract: Two explosions have taken place on the oil pipelines recently in Turkey: one in Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline in August and the other one in Kirkuk-Yumrtalık oil pipeline in November 2008. The effects of such explosions on the local environment will be dramatic in the long run. These effects include operational oil spills, gas flaring, acid rain, inappropriate land use and poor waste management practices. Nwete counts also other specific issues include pollution of air, land and water, bio-diversity, destruction of wetlands, rainforest, generally the ecosystem, forestry, and other foreseeable environmental hazards arising from oil spills; and from the generation, transportation and disposal of wastes, from project site. The social issues bothers on the manner of land acquisition and resettlement, the influx of work force and their needs, the use of child and forced labor, and destruction of archaeological, religious and cultural sites. Predominantly farmers and fisher folk, their livelihood and welfare is intricately bound to the health of surrounding rivers, streams and soil.

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