BURMA Burma, Total and Human Rights: dissection of a project Situation Report. Béatrice LAROCHE (Deputy at the FIDH permanent delegation with the United Nations in New York), Anne Christine HABBARD (Programme Officer, Executive Bureau of the FIDH) N°224/2, November 1996, 35 pages, 50 F.  Available in french

Introduction
Acronyms
Historical Background

I Project Description

A. Figures and facts
B. Development of the construction
C, The pipeline route and the protection of the construction sites
D. Methods of employment

II Support for the junta

A. An act of moral and political support
B. Disregard for civil society and its legitimate representatives
- TOTAL's interest in upholding the junta
C. Economic support
D Logistical and military support

III A Judicial Void

A The coup d'etat and the absence of rule of law
B. Burma's obligations under international law

IV Human Rights Violations in conjonction with the Pipeline

A. Militarisation
1. Attacks on the project
2. Reprisals
B. Forced relocation of the population
1. Evictions from villages
2. Expropriations
C Forced labour
1 .Forced labour and the general infrastructure
2. Forced labour and seculy
3. The case of the Ye-Tavoy railway
4. The porters of the Burmese army
D. Other violations
1. Summary executions
2. Torture and other cruel, inhumane and degrading practices
3. Rape and violence against women
4. Violations of economic, social and cultural rights
5. Environmental rights

V Conclusions and Recommendations

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