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Kurdish Human Rights Project: This is the legacy website of the Kurdish Human Rights Project, containing reports and news pertaining to human rights issues in the Kurdish Regions for 20 years.

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2007 News
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)

 
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.

The 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

 
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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Earth Day 2007

 

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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