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

‘The book Sustainable Public Procurement of Infrastructure and Human Rights: Beyond Building Green, edited by Olga Martin-Ortega and Laura Treviño-Lozano is a comprehensive and well-written compilation on a very important issue that has not received significant academic attention. The book considers the importance of sustainability in infrastructure procurement from a wide range of perspectives, examining the gaps in sustainable procurement, the different modalities of infrastructure procurement, different sectors (economic infrastructure, sports and health), and the human rights risks inherent in infrastructure procurement. The book in particular, considers the involvement of the private sector and donors in the provision of infrastructure, highlighting how the private sector and donor inputs can be harnessed to improve the sustainability and mitigate human rights risks in infrastructure procurement. The book considers practical ways to mitigate human rights risks in infrastructure procurement, focusing on risk assessment, a gendered analysis and a developmental perspective. In the context of Covid-19 recovery and meeting the Sustainable development goals, the book could not be more timely, needed and welcome.’

• Contents:Foreword xiiRoberto CarantaPART I LINKING HUMAN RIGHTS ANDSUSTAINABILITY IN PUBLICPROCUREMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE1 Sustainable public procurement of infrastructure andhuman rights: linkages and gaps 2Laura Treviño-Lozano and Olga Martin-Ortega2 Access to infrastructure as a human right: making public–private partnerships work for the people 28George Nwangwu3 A 360-degree approach to women’s inclusion in infrastructure 60Cristina Contreras Casado4 Financing infrastructure procurement and workers’ rights:the role of regional development banks 86Miriam Mbah and Ama EyoPART II BUILDING HOSPITALS FOR PEOPLE5 Development, infrastructure and human rights: the role ofhuman rights impact assessments 112Josua Loots6 Interventions in hospital construction: early action for therealisation of human rights 140Annabel Elise Short7 The mismatch of public–private partnerships and the rightto health 160Johanna Hoekstra and Luis Felipe YanesPART III FOR THE GAME: INFRASTRUCTURE FORMEGA-SPORTING EVENTS8 Human rights risks and opportunities in mega-sportingevent procurement 195William Rook and Daniela Heerdt9 Human rights and developmental considerations inprocuring for Africa’s first World Cup 215Geo QuinotPART IV CONCLUSIONS10 Beyond building green: putting people at the core ofsustainable procurement of infrastructure 238Olga Martin-Ortega and Laura Treviño-LozanoIndex

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

‘The book Sustainable Public Procurement of Infrastructure and Human Rights: Beyond Building Green, edited by Olga Martin-Ortega and Laura Treviño-Lozano is a comprehensive and well-written compilation on a very important issue that has not received significant academic attention. The book considers the importance of sustainability in infrastructure procurement from a wide range of perspectives, examining the gaps in sustainable procurement, the different modalities of infrastructure procurement, different sectors (economic infrastructure, sports and health), and the human rights risks inherent in infrastructure procurement. The book in particular, considers the involvement of the private sector and donors in the provision of infrastructure, highlighting how the private sector and donor inputs can be harnessed to improve the sustainability and mitigate human rights risks in infrastructure procurement. The book considers practical ways to mitigate human rights risks in infrastructure procurement, focusing on risk assessment, a gendered analysis and a developmental perspective. In the context of Covid-19 recovery and meeting the Sustainable development goals, the book could not be more timely, needed and welcome.’

• Contents:Foreword xiiRoberto CarantaPART I LINKING HUMAN RIGHTS ANDSUSTAINABILITY IN PUBLICPROCUREMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE1 Sustainable public procurement of infrastructure andhuman rights: linkages and gaps 2Laura Treviño-Lozano and Olga Martin-Ortega2 Access to infrastructure as a human right: making public–private partnerships work for the people 28George Nwangwu3 A 360-degree approach to women’s inclusion in infrastructure 60Cristina Contreras Casado4 Financing infrastructure procurement and workers’ rights:the role of regional development banks 86Miriam Mbah and Ama EyoPART II BUILDING HOSPITALS FOR PEOPLE5 Development, infrastructure and human rights: the role ofhuman rights impact assessments 112Josua Loots6 Interventions in hospital construction: early action for therealisation of human rights 140Annabel Elise Short7 The mismatch of public–private partnerships and the rightto health 160Johanna Hoekstra and Luis Felipe YanesPART III FOR THE GAME: INFRASTRUCTURE FORMEGA-SPORTING EVENTS8 Human rights risks and opportunities in mega-sportingevent procurement 195William Rook and Daniela Heerdt9 Human rights and developmental considerations inprocuring for Africa’s first World Cup 215Geo QuinotPART IV CONCLUSIONS10 Beyond building green: putting people at the core ofsustainable procurement of infrastructure 238Olga Martin-Ortega and Laura Treviño-LozanoIndex

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

‘The book Sustainable Public Procurement of Infrastructure and Human Rights: Beyond Building Green, edited by Olga Martin-Ortega and Laura Treviño-Lozano is a comprehensive and well-written compilation on a very important issue that has not received significant academic attention. The book considers the importance of sustainability in infrastructure procurement from a wide range of perspectives, examining the gaps in sustainable procurement, the different modalities of infrastructure procurement, different sectors (economic infrastructure, sports and health), and the human rights risks inherent in infrastructure procurement. The book in particular, considers the involvement of the private sector and donors in the provision of infrastructure, highlighting how the private sector and donor inputs can be harnessed to improve the sustainability and mitigate human rights risks in infrastructure procurement. The book considers practical ways to mitigate human rights risks in infrastructure procurement, focusing on risk assessment, a gendered analysis and a developmental perspective. In the context of Covid-19 recovery and meeting the Sustainable development goals, the book could not be more timely, needed and welcome.’

• Contents:Foreword xiiRoberto CarantaPART I LINKING HUMAN RIGHTS ANDSUSTAINABILITY IN PUBLICPROCUREMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE1 Sustainable public procurement of infrastructure andhuman rights: linkages and gaps 2Laura Treviño-Lozano and Olga Martin-Ortega2 Access to infrastructure as a human right: making public–private partnerships work for the people 28George Nwangwu3 A 360-degree approach to women’s inclusion in infrastructure 60Cristina Contreras Casado4 Financing infrastructure procurement and workers’ rights:the role of regional development banks 86Miriam Mbah and Ama EyoPART II BUILDING HOSPITALS FOR PEOPLE5 Development, infrastructure and human rights: the role ofhuman rights impact assessments 112Josua Loots6 Interventions in hospital construction: early action for therealisation of human rights 140Annabel Elise Short7 The mismatch of public–private partnerships and the rightto health 160Johanna Hoekstra and Luis Felipe YanesPART III FOR THE GAME: INFRASTRUCTURE FORMEGA-SPORTING EVENTS8 Human rights risks and opportunities in mega-sportingevent procurement 195William Rook and Daniela Heerdt9 Human rights and developmental considerations inprocuring for Africa’s first World Cup 215Geo QuinotPART IV CONCLUSIONS10 Beyond building green: putting people at the core ofsustainable procurement of infrastructure 238Olga Martin-Ortega and Laura Treviño-LozanoIndex