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Cases / Insurance, liability and compensation funds · Turkey · 2003

Amnesty reported BTC pipeline deal would compensate consortium over Turkish laws

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A host government agreement for Turkey's section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline provided for Turkey to compensate the consortium if laws Turkey applied elsewhere were applied along the route and disrupted it. Amnesty International said about 30,000 people would give up land rights.

What?
The Turkish host government agreement for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline provided for compensation to the consortium if laws applied elsewhere in Turkey were applied along the line. Amnesty International UK
Where?
Turkish section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, Turkey Amnesty International UK
When?
Reported by Amnesty International in May 2003 Amnesty International UK
Who?
Gained
  • BTC pipeline consortium — compensation from Turkey under the agreement, if the triggering laws disrupted construction or operation Amnesty International UK
Lost
  • Residents along the Turkish section — land rights; Amnesty said about 30,000 people would give them up Amnesty International UK
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Under the compensation clause, Turkey would pay the consortium if its laws, applied along the line, disrupted the project. Amnesty International UK
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What happened

The record, in order.

Amnesty International reported in May 2003 that the host government agreement for Turkey's section provided for Turkey to compensate the consortium if laws applied elsewhere in the country were applied along the line and disrupted construction or operation.

Amnesty said the pipeline would lead about 30,000 people to give up their land rights.

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    Lawsuits and rulings

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    Insurers

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    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not verified: a human rights commitment the consortium signed after the agreement; the text was not read in the sources reviewed.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not say whether the compensation clause was ever invoked.
    • None on record The consortium's members are not named in the sources reviewed.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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