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Building the Arctic Railway would be violation of human rights


Building the Arctic Railway would be violation of human rights

Indigenous Sámi and Greenpeace oppose the plans for Arctic Railroad: the industrial megaproject would destroy the reindeer herding grounds ...

Arctic Railway project to Norway through Sámi territory, Finland

[17] Greenpeace (2019) 'Building the Arctic Railway would be violation of human rights - Greenpeace stands with Sámi communities.' Greenpeace statement, 10/05/ ...

Saami Council: Railway to Arctic Ocean will have major negative ...

It continues: «The process of the Arctic railway project will deny the Sámi people of fundamental rights and encroach both upon land rights and ...

The Arctic Railway – hero or villain? - LYMEC

Only time will tell whether the Arctic Railway will be built or ... human rights abuses. Crimes against humanity, including genocide ...

Sámi´s enactments of the Arctic Railway: sustainable development ...

The Arctic Railway is a manifestation of environmental injustice, undermining the functioning and flourishing of the Sámi community.

The Arctic Railway and the Sámi: Reconciling national interests with ...

Finland and Norway are planning to build the Arctic Railway, stretching from ... gate state sovereignty, but rather to protect indigenous human ...

The dream of an Arctic railway fades as Sami herders signal 'veto'

... border join efforts and make clear no Arctic railway from Kirkenes to Rovaniemi can be built without severely violating indigenous rights.

Arctic roads and railways: social and environmental consequences ...

In a subsequent development phase, the company aims to build a railway ... 2020), there is a need to protect Indigenous human rights and assure full ...

The Arctic Railway and the Sámi: | FIIA – Finnish Institute of ...

Finland's attempts to establish a transport corridor to the Arctic harbours date back to as early as the 1920s. · In early September 2018, local ...

Whose settler colonial state? Arctic Railway, state transformation ...

The Arctic Railway is a recurring railroad plan which, if ever built, would pass from Rovaniemi in Northern Finland to the coast of the Arctic ...

Contesting the Arctic railway - The Ecologist

The Arctic railway would encroach upon reindeer habitats, endanger the livelihoods of indigenous people, and attract large-scale industrialisation.

Course:CONS370/2019/Sami forestry conflicts in Sapmi, Finland

The Arctic Railway has been widely opposed by Sámi peoples and allies with concerns of it interfering with reindeer migration patterns, causing ...

Enactments of the Arctic Railway - Versus

electoral register of the Sámi Parliament in Finland against its will violates Sámi's right to self-deter- ... to international human rights.

Enhancing Industrial Development in the Russian Arctic

Although constructing a railway to enable access to the Arctic Ocean and accelerating the industrial development of the Russian Arctic has been ...

On thin ice – The Arctic commodity extraction frontier and ...

... to the human dimensions of climate change in the Canadian arctic. Glob ... Contemporary debates on social-environmental conflicts, extractivism and human rights ...

2021 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Norway

Individuals or organizations may seek civil remedies for human rights violations ... railway to the Arctic Ocean via Oulu and Rovaniemi in Finland to Kirkenes.

Defining the Limitations and Opportunities in the Consultation with ...

A free press is supposed to protect civil rights from ... In May 2019, a well-known Finnish businessman continued to plan the Arctic Railway construction.

2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Norway

Individuals or organizations may seek civil remedies for human rights violations through domestic courts. ... The law mandates access to public buildings ...

The Arctic railway - CBC News

The railway under consideration would have sliced through reindeer herding districts in Arctic Finland and Norway, put reindeer at risk of train ...

A Survey of Finnish Media Debates on the Arctic Corridor Railway ...

If a port in Kirkenes and the Arctic railway are built, “China would have access to a new piece of infrastructure which easily can bring ...