Sustainable Public Procurement of Infrastructure and Human Rights

Edited by Olga Martin-Ortega, Professor of International Law and Director of the Business, Human Rights and the Environment Research Group (BHRE), School of Law, University of Greenwich and Laura Treviño-Lozano, Early Stage Researcher of SAPIENS Network, University of Greenwich, UK

Contents:

Foreword xii
Roberto Caranta

PART I LINKING HUMAN RIGHTS AND
SUSTAINABILITY IN PUBLIC
PROCUREMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE
1 Sustainable public procurement of infrastructure and
human rights: linkages and gaps 2
Laura Treviño-Lozano and Olga Martin-Ortega
2 Access to infrastructure as a human right: making public–
private partnerships work for the people 28
George Nwangwu
3 A 360-degree approach to women’s inclusion in infrastructure 60
Cristina Contreras Casado
4 Financing infrastructure procurement and workers’ rights:
the role of regional development banks 86
Miriam Mbah and Ama Eyo

PART II BUILDING HOSPITALS FOR PEOPLE
5 Development, infrastructure and human rights: the role of
human rights impact assessments 112
Josua Loots
6 Interventions in hospital construction: early action for the
realisation of human rights 140
Annabel Elise Short
7 The mismatch of public–private partnerships and the right
to health 160
Johanna Hoekstra and Luis Felipe Yanes

PART III FOR THE GAME: INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
MEGA-SPORTING EVENTS
8 Human rights risks and opportunities in mega-sporting
event procurement 195
William Rook and Daniela Heerdt
9 Human rights and developmental considerations in
procuring for Africa’s first World Cup 215
Geo Quinot

PART IV CONCLUSIONS
10 Beyond building green: putting people at the core of
sustainable procurement of infrastructure 238
Olga Martin-Ortega and Laura Treviño-Lozano

Index