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Dramatic growth in laws to protect environment, but widespread failure to enforce, finds report

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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… with partners to ensure that judges receive the highest quality education on these issues. The 2002 Global Judges … basic natural elements are water, earth, food-grains, sun, air and sky. Since the Vedic period, Earth and Rivers are … systems. The life-support systems in addition to clean air are common property resources of water, forests and land …
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Water as a human right?

… to ensure that no person may be deprived of enough, good-quality water to satisfy basic needs 24 Global problems need … 2: “The natural resources of the earth including the air, water, land, flora and fauna and especially … rights instrument. It has been suggested that water like air is so fundamental to preserving a right to life that …
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Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… members and residents to on drinking water and water quality, a long- standing problem in many municipalities. … other things, the state of the environment, including air and water resources, soil and earth, protected areas, and … of time. Indicators fall under broad categories, including air and climate, water management, forests, industry and …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… UNECE Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air … and adequate conditions of life, in an environment of a quality that permits a life of dignity and well-being.” This … factors such as water, climate, soil quality, air quality, and biological diversity. Pollution and land …
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New Directions in Earth Rights, Environmental Rights and Human Rights: Six Facets of Constitutionally Embedded Environmental Rights Worldwide

… according their citizens basic rights to environmental quality in one form or another.1 The list is diverse … frequency,8 reflecting basic human rights to clean water, air, land, and environmental opportunity.9 Courts have even … ensures the natural and continuous provision of water, air humidity, oxygenation and recreation.”18 In similar …
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Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… and adequate conditions of life, in an environment of a quality that permits a life of dignity and being.’ The … the right of enjoyment of pollution free water and air for full enjoyment of life.” In 1995, the Supreme Court … environment, ecological balance, freedom from pollution of air and water, and sanitation, without which life cannot be …
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Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP

… setting forth the right to an environment of a specified quality, such as healthy, safe, secure, clean, or … suits have played a significant role in enforcing clean air and water acts,85 as well as endangered species laws. As … into account the laws of nature. Environmental milieu (air, water, soil) and all species are interdependent. Harm to …
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Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… information, including infor- mation about: the quality of the environment, including air and water; pollution, waste, chemicals and other … environmen- tal standards, including with respect to air quality, the global climate, freshwater quality, marine …
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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… two main rationales: first, awareness that environmental quality is a prerequisite to ensuring the enjoyment of a host … environment. See Charan Lal Sahu v. Union of India, AIR 1990 SC 1480 (1991). In a subsequent case, the Court … the right of enjoyment of pollution-free water and air for full enjoyment of life”. Subhash Kumar v. State of …
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