Aysel ALLAKHVERDIEVA

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Aysel Allakhverdieva, LLM in International Human Rights Law, University of Essex (Great Britain).

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THE BAKU-TBILISI-CEYHAN PIPELINE IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

ABSTRACT

This article considers human rights protection, as well as the complicated legal collisions associated with this problem that have arisen during the building and operation of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline. It analyzes both the Inter-Governmental and Host Government Agreements on the BTC relating to the content, procedures, and mechanisms of human rights protection. In addition to describing the main obligations of the BTC International Consortium and the Republic of Azerbaijan with respect to human rights, the author also offers her vision of ways to improve the regulatory base of this project.

Introduction

Building the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline was an important stage in implementing the Contract of the Century entered as early as 1994 by the Republic of Azerbaijan and world oil companies. Its introduction into operation made it possible to transport crude oil from the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea to the Turkish port of Ceyhan located on the Mediterranean coast. The BTC crosses Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey and is the second longest oil pipeline in…………….

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