Amnesty Intl report on impact of oil industry on human rights in Nigeria and company responses
The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Shell to respond to a report by Amnesty International regarding its operations in Nigeria, “Nigeria: Petroleum, pollution and poverty in the Niger Delta”:
- press release & full report [PDF], 30 Jun 2009
Related news items:
- “Shell Disputes Amnesty Report on Nigeria”, Jad Mouwad, New York Times, 2 Jul 2009
- “[Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation] rejects damning Amnesty report”, CNN, 1 Jul 2009
In response, Shell sent the following statement:
- Shell response [DOC], 8 Jul 2009
Amnesty Intl. released the following rejoinder:
- “Nigeria: Shell's response to Amnesty report is disappointing”, 20 July 2009
The Resource Centre invited Shell to provide additional comments. Shell replied saying to refer to the company’s public webchat on Nigeria.
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29 July 2009
Full report, Shell response, Amnesty rejoinder & related materials
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The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre invited Shell to respond to a report by Amnesty International regarding its operations in Nigeria, “Nigeria: Petroleum, pollution and poverty in the Niger Delta”....
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29 July 2009
Response by Shell: Amnesty Intl. report "Petroleum, pollution and poverty in the Niger Delta".
Author: Shell
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- This is a response from the following companies: Shell