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Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… CDM Clean Development Mechanism CESCR Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights CFS … ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ICCPR … OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OIE … Another important instrument …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… Division of Social Policy and Development Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations. Comments and … at the same time contribute to various aspects of social, economic and ecological sectors. The term indigenous peoples … instruments are relevant to community protocols. A key instrument is the Nagoya Protocol, which expressly includes …
Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… and Political Rights ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights IIED International … 5 . While the Bonn Guidelines are not a plenipotentiary instrument, they augment the CBD. 13 A BIO-CULTURAL CRITIQUE … disease resistance, and may provide us with other diverse economic opportunities under the forthcoming International …
Sources of international law (Part I) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… by international law, whether embodied in a single instrument or in two or more related instruments and whatever … to ratification. Typical agreements deal with matters of economic, cultural, scientific and technical cooperation, and … avoidance of double taxation. Especially in international economic law, the term “agreement” is also used to describe …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… that are so vital and intrinsic a part of a social and economic system that they are treated as if they are laws.”1 … heritage and, at their request, defend Indians against economic exploitation, cultural alienation and threats to … by any Act of Parliament; … "law" includes - (i) any instrument having the force of law made in exercise of a …
Non-judicial grievance mechanisms in land-related disputes in Sierra Leone
… ontext of National Food Security (VGGT) is an international instrument on the … has also adversely affected socio‐economic development of the country, at least in the short … International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, a binding … implementing the VGGT, an internationally negotiated instrument that enshrines …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… of the KKH, there were far-reaching changes in the socio-economic structure of the region. Of the x i C u s t o m a ry … living in one house as a rule share the hearth and pool economic resources. 3. Customary Uses of Natural Resources In … tarangan, the following criteria are kept in mind: i) his economic stability; ii) his ability to be firm so that he can …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… to resources vital to their food security, livelihoods and economic survival (World Bank, 2010a). Because most land in … them of access to resources vital to their livelihoods and economic survival. Unfortunately, rural communities often … Tribal Land Act, as originally written, was indeed a legal instrument "capable of accommodating the natural evolution of …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… whatsoever on the part of IUCN, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ) or the … reflect those of IUCN, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ), the … VILLAGES .................... 58 APPENDIX 2: SOCIO-ECONOMIC FIELD SURVEY REPORT: A RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH TO …