The Impact of the Belt and Road Initiative on the Indigenous Communities in the Middle East Region
The Precarious Foundation of the Right to Consultation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3793115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Naimeh Masumy (0009-0002-4807-6226) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 246-273 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Journal of Law and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2052-9015 • E-ISSN: 2052-9023 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/als.2025.5 |
| OpenAlex | W4409971859 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 32 |
The ambitious Belt and Road Initiative is believed to boost the economic development of the Middle Eastern countries. ts official framework aligns with the transformative vision of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), advocating for the meaningful inclusion of indigenous communities in decision-making processes that could significantly impact their environments and livelihoods. Despite the essential spirit of the Belt and Road Initiative to promote inclusiveness and transparency consistent with the principles of the UN Charter, the existing paradigm fails to provide robust and effective protection for the indigenous communities. This gap is further exacerbated with the absence of effective domestic legal mechanisms to prevent extractive projects from engaging in environmentally damaging projects, which in turn, subject the indigenous people living in the naturally oil-and-gas-rich areas in the region to the adverse consequences of an unregulated oil and gas industry. The article contends that the right to consultation within the Belt and Road Initiative framework currently lacks binding obligations for financial enterprises and companies to uphold preferential standards for indigenous populations, rendering it legally ineffective. It concludes by proposing an alternative framework aimed at ensuring the meaningful realization of these rights in a more pragmatic and effective manner
Civil engineering · Environmental planning · Foundation (evidence · Geography · Indigenous · Middle East · Political science · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Engineering · Human Rights and Development · International Development and Aid · Ecology · Law · Public Administration
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The Belt and Road Initiative Agreements
Slogan Politics
What is the alternative? Impact assessment tools and sustainable planning
Human rights, Indigenous peoples and the concept of Free, Prior and Informed Consent
Overview
Design and impact of water treaties
Comparative analysis using EIA for developed and developing countries
Transformative Juricultural Pluralism
On Fragile Architecture
Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises
China’s ‘New Silk Roads’
Understanding China’s ‘Belt and Road Initiative’
Mitigating State Sovereignty
The Trans-Political Nature of Southwest China’s Energy Conduit, Yunnan Province
The Concept of Legalization
Chinese Narratives on "One Belt, One Road" (一带一路) in Geopolitical and Imperial Contexts
"Going beyond "it depends
Indigenous Sovereignty, Culture, and International Human Rights Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |