After the amendment of Law 001 [on the management of oil revenues], the oil money can even more easily fill the pockets of some elites and be spent to a large extent on military and police. This will not only be detrimental to the economic, social and cultural human rights of the poor people in Chad, but also to their civil and political rights. Chad is known for severe repression of those that have asked for improvements to the oil project... These agreements [between the private company consortium and the governments of Chad & Cameroon] in effect put a ‘price tag’ on human rights by creating financial disincentives for the governments of Chad and Cameroon to protect human rights. [refers to ExxonMobil, ChevronTexaco (now Chevron), Petronas]