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  • Regulating infrastructure: Human rights and the sustainable development goals in Myanmar

    Author(s)
    Palmer, E
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Palmer, Emma
    Year published
    2021
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    Infrastructure projects, including roads, railways, power, telecommunications and water facilities, are considered necessary to promote many different human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Infrastructure development has been a central feature of the Myanmar government's policies, including the Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan 2018-2030, to sustain economic growth and achieve the SDGs. As in many countries, public-private partnerships are promoted to help implement these policies. Yet, infrastructure projects have been associated with serious human rights violations, including in Myanmar. This article ...
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    Infrastructure projects, including roads, railways, power, telecommunications and water facilities, are considered necessary to promote many different human rights and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Infrastructure development has been a central feature of the Myanmar government's policies, including the Myanmar Sustainable Development Plan 2018-2030, to sustain economic growth and achieve the SDGs. As in many countries, public-private partnerships are promoted to help implement these policies. Yet, infrastructure projects have been associated with serious human rights violations, including in Myanmar. This article explores the links between infrastructure, international human rights lawand the SDGs. It analyses howthis relationship is governed by international, domestic, 'soft' law and self-regulatory mechanisms. It then assesses Myanmar's legal and policy framework for promoting infrastructure investment and implementing the SDGs. It concludes that there is scope to further clarify responsibilities and accountabilitymechanismsfor thehuman rights impacts of infrastructure investment.
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    Journal Title
    Human Rights Law Review
    Volume
    21
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngab004
    Subject
    Law and legal studies
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/406698
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