EarthRights International: Universal Periodic Review – Myanmar (Burma) Submission to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights – July 2010 - Annex 3

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"The Human Cost of Energy: Chevron?s Continuing Role in Financing Oppression and Profiting From Human Rights Abuses in Military-Ruled Burma (Myanmar)".....TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction... Executive Summary and Recommendations;... 1. Stepping Into Unocal?s Shoes - Chevron?s partnership with a repressive regime in the Yadana Project... 2. Financing Oppression - The Yadana Project?s continuing contributions to the military regime... 3. With Eyes Wide Open - Chevron?s knowledge of the abuses on the Yadana Project... 4. The Persistence of Abuse - Continuation of forced labor and other abuses in recent years... 5. No Smiling Faces - Conditions of life in the region... 6. Sitting Idly By - Chevron?s silence during the 2007 demonstrations and crackdown... 7. No Safe Harbor - Chevron?s continuing legal liability after the Unocal settlement... Appendix A: Another Yadana: The Shwe Gas Project... Appendix B: China in Burma... Endnotes.....Original date of publication, 28 April 2008; Date of submission to UPR, July 2010

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EarthRights International

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2010-07-00

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2010-12-21

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