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Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… access to information, public participation, and access to justice. At the end of this lesson you will be able to: … (art. 10), and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (art. 6(a)), require environmental information … and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. At the regional level, the Aarhus Convention …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… Weeramantry, Former Vice-President, International Court of Justice (Co-Chair) • Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Sir Robert … 8.3.1 Ozone measures 82 8.3.2 National law 83 8.4 Global Climate Change 83 8.4.1 National law 84 8.4.2 International … . . . . . . . . . 37,38,56,130,131 Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
UNEP Global Judges Programme
… Development. The symposium, hosted and chaired by Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson of South Africa, brought together … and access to justice; transboundary air pollution; ozone; climate change; international control of hazardous wastes; … and continuing concern over the most serious impact of climate change on countries of the Pacific region. 4. They …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… actions. Other issues may concern all States, such as climate change or the depletion of the ozone layer, raising … only be confronted in cooperation (e.g. ozone depletion, climate change); c) States often benefit directly from … may recourse be made to the International Court of Justice (for State Parties that have accepted its …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… rights are key to effective actions and enhanced access to justice in environmental matters (inclusiveness) (iii) … for International Chemicals Management (SAICM), the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), the Global …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… example, the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (“UNFCC”) refers in article 3.(1) to … sentences to “Equitable social development” and “social justice”. … Examples The 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in article 4.(1)(i), obliges Parties to …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Examples Article 4 of the 1992 Climate Change Convention recognizes the special … on Biological Diversity and in article 3(3) of the 1992 Climate Change Convention. The 1992 CBD states: “..where … principle, for example in Costa Rica, the Supreme Court of Justice applied the principle of non-regression in the …