Abstract
Regional projects require regional planning to avoid potentially disastrous environmental and human rights abuses. Focusing on the Rio Madeira project in Brazil as a case study in the impacts of infrastructure projects, this Note identifies the harm anticipated from these projects and highlights the need for verification of official predictions of such harm. It then proceeds to a legal analysis, addressing the applicable international law, Brazilian law, and regional legal frameworks and outlining the negative legal consequences arising from inadequate impact assessments. In light of these negative legal implications, the Note concludes by illustrating the need to proceed with planning and implementation of these projects only under a comprehensive, regional lens.
Recommended Citation
Abby Rubinson,
Regional Projects Require Regional Planning: Human Rights Impacts Arising from Infrastructure Projects,
28
Mich. J. Int'l L.
(2006).
Available at:
https://repository.law.umich.edu/mjil/vol28/iss1/5
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