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Urgent call by UN to halt Odisha mega-steel project amid serious human rights concerns [1]

Construction of a mega-steel plant in Odisha in Eastern India should be halted immediately, United Nations independent human rights experts have urged, citing serious human rights concerns. The project reportedly threatens to displace over 22,000 people in the Jagatsinghpur District, and disrupt the livelihoods of many thousands more in the surrounding area. “The construction of a massive steel plant and port in Odisha by multinational steel corporation POSCO must not proceed as planned without ensuring adequate safeguards and guaranteeing that the rights of the thousands of people are respected,” the group of eight experts stressed.

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Publication Date: 
01/10/2013
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [13]
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POSCO [14], Orissa (Odisha) [15], Land Acquisition [16], Human Rights [17], Jagatsinghpur (D) [18], Displacement [19]
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[2] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/india-urgent-call-halt-odisha-mega-steel-project-amid-serious-human-rights
[3] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/price-steel-human-rights-and-forced-evictions-posco-india-project
[4] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/posco-judgment-national-green-tribunal
[5] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/351064/audit-report-civil-orissa-for-the-year-2010-11/
[6] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/where-posco-headed
[7] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/posco-final-order-and-other-relevant-documents
[8] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/content/372293/captive-democracy-abuse-of-the-criminal-system-and-filing-false-cases-to-curb-dissent-against-the-posco-steel-plant-in-orissa/
[9] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/expert-committee-reports-posco-proposal-integrated-steel-plant-and-captive-port
[10] http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/cag-blows-lid-land-grab-odisha
[11] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/341/thesaurus/posco/
[12] http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/tearing-through-water-landscape-evaluating-environmental-social-consequences-posco
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/office-united-nations-high-commissioner-human-rights-ohchr
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/posco
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[16] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-acquisition
[17] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/human-rights
[18] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jagatsinghpur-d
[19] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement