The Ilisu Dam Project: A Flawed Plan is Revived Unchanged |
The Ilisu Dam Project: A Flawed Plan is Revived Unchanged. KHRP Briefing Paper, May 2007: download here (pdf)
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The Revived Ilisu Dam Project: KHRP Releases Key Briefing Paper |
Turkey’s Ilisu Dam project has returned once again, this time
supported by firms and Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) in Germany,
Austria, and Switzerland. The project was rejected in 2002 by British
companies after the Ilisu Dam Campaign brought to light the project’s
failure to meet international standards in the areas of environmental
protection, resettlement plans, and cultural preservation.
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Turkish government also failed to consult with local communities
affected by the project or with neighbouring states, in violation of
international law. Iraq has repeatedly expressed concerns about the
situation, but Turkey is moving forward with plans despite the lack of
negotiations. The companies involved, such as Austrian group VA Tech
(Andritz), seem thus far undeterred by the massive shortcomings and
grave violations that continue to underlie this project. VA Tech is one
of the many companies that are currently attending the International
Hydropower Association’s annual world congress in Antalya, Turkey. As
Diren Özkan of Initiative to Keep Hasankeyf Alive pointed out yesterday
during the protests surrounding this event, “members of the
International Hydropower Association, such as VA Tech pretend here in
Antalya that they care about people and the environment, but in
reality, they are building dams in Turkey that will destroy our
cultural heritage and displace tens of thousands of people.”
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KHRP and Corner House release Fact-Finding Mission on the Downstream Impact of the Ilisu Dam on Iraq |
KHRP and Corner House release Fact-Finding Mission on the Downstream Impact of the Ilisu Dam on Iraq (pdf): The Ilisu Dam: Downstream Water Impacts and Iraq
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Iraq Denies Approving Ilisu Dam: Germany, Switzerland and Austria in Potential IL Violation |
A joint KHRP-Corner House Press Release:
Iraq Denies Approving Ilisu Dam: Germany, Switzerland and Austria in Potential Violation of International Law
Iraq's
Minister of Water, Dr Latif Rashid, has strenuously denied giving
Iraq's blessing to the controversial Ilisu Dam, which Turkey plans to
build on the Tigris River [1].
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Following Earth Day 2007 last Sunday, KHRP would like to bring
renewed attention to the urgency of the environmental and human rights
questions in the Kurdish regions. Not only are the regions the scene of
massive repression, but the regions’ environment is also falling victim
to untold destruction due to the actions of state and
corporate-sponsored development projects.
The Southeast
Anatolia Dam Project (GAP), in particular the proposed Ilisu and Cizre
dams, pose serious environmental risks to the people of Turkey, Iraq
and Syria. The dam project has resulted in the displacement and
dispossession of tens of thousands of people, most of whom are Kurds.
Further, it poses a grave risk to water supplies and threatens to make
water yet another weapon of war.
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