The presence of large companies like Royal/Dutch Shell could not be denied of its advantages and benefits to the society and local community. In economic viewed, Shell do not just provides thousands of job opportunity, but also attracted many of foreign investors to carry out their economic activity (oil production), thus creating an atmosphere of productive local economy. Despite of the excellence of Shell becoming as one of the world’s largest oil producer, there are conflicts and controversy that overlooked, which of these things not only affect the community, but, kept to a violation of human rights.
Human rights abuses against the Ogoni people: Military dictatorship. Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) has started oil production in the Niger Delta …show more content…
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), Earth Rights International (ERI) and other human rights attorneys sued Shell for human rights violations against the Ogoni. After thirteen years of litigation, the case against shell ended in a historic $ 15.5 million settlement for the plaintiff (Center for Constitutional Rights, 2009).
Shell and Nigeria have failed on oil pollution clean-up: Tiny action has been taken to clean up pollution caused by oil production in Nigeria’s Delta region either the by the government authority or Royal Dutch Shell (International Amnesty, 2014). Oil production in Nigeria Delta has affected the quality of the drinking water of at least ten communities in the Ogoniland area but neither the Nigerian government nor Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigeria authority have taken the effective measures to restore the fouled environment (International Amnesty, 2014). Among those emergency measures, emergency water supplies were brought to community has contaminated by the pollution. The community say these supplies are ‘erratic’, often insuficient and the water most of the time smelled bad and was not peasant to …show more content…
But several communities in the oil-producting Niger River delta say their areas are still under developed, and their land has been polluted by oil spills, ruining their drinking water and their sources of livelihood including fishing anf farming. Oil companies say the group that break into pipelines to steal crude oil are the main causes of oil spills in the region. Without resist that facts, the companies should take a comprehensive sollution and taking right effevtive action to prevent this problem, despite of blaming other and make less
Human rights abuses against the Ogoni people: Military dictatorship. Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) has started oil production in the Niger Delta …show more content…
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), Earth Rights International (ERI) and other human rights attorneys sued Shell for human rights violations against the Ogoni. After thirteen years of litigation, the case against shell ended in a historic $ 15.5 million settlement for the plaintiff (Center for Constitutional Rights, 2009).
Shell and Nigeria have failed on oil pollution clean-up: Tiny action has been taken to clean up pollution caused by oil production in Nigeria’s Delta region either the by the government authority or Royal Dutch Shell (International Amnesty, 2014). Oil production in Nigeria Delta has affected the quality of the drinking water of at least ten communities in the Ogoniland area but neither the Nigerian government nor Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigeria authority have taken the effective measures to restore the fouled environment (International Amnesty, 2014). Among those emergency measures, emergency water supplies were brought to community has contaminated by the pollution. The community say these supplies are ‘erratic’, often insuficient and the water most of the time smelled bad and was not peasant to …show more content…
But several communities in the oil-producting Niger River delta say their areas are still under developed, and their land has been polluted by oil spills, ruining their drinking water and their sources of livelihood including fishing anf farming. Oil companies say the group that break into pipelines to steal crude oil are the main causes of oil spills in the region. Without resist that facts, the companies should take a comprehensive sollution and taking right effevtive action to prevent this problem, despite of blaming other and make less