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Climate Change- International Legal Regime - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… part of the sun’s radiation but the remainder is reflected into space. The greenhouse gases have the important function … was adopted in New York on 9 May 1992. It entered into force on 21 March 1994. The UNFCC is the central focus of … steps and the required conditions that allowed the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol Identify and describe …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Climate and Atmosphere

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… camps2 whilst the agricultural frontier is pushing further into previously untouched indigenous reserves. It’s estimated … necessary ▶ Ensure prompt and impartial investigations into allegations of threats and violence against defenders, … Human Rights Watch (18 December 2015), Ethiopia: Lethal Force Against Protesters. Available from: …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015

… The P&S translates the requirements of these documents into our specific organizational and programme context. The … Given the requisite tools and support, women are a driving force for the new, more equitable and more sustainable model … these approaches through national development. Strategic entry points 51 156. Programme Officers will ensure …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… what such approaches are, when and how they can be put into practice, and what their implications are for … rights are important ends in themselves. They can also be entry points for securing substantive rights. Information can … Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (entered intoforce 1976) International Covenant on Economic, Social and …
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The right to food within the international framework of human rights and country constitutions

… adapted it to the “handbook” format. The translation into English of this handbook was done by Stephen Carlin and … (2004). 1. Dates refer to the year of adoption and not of entry into force. 4 The right to be free from hunger, closely linked to …
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National Mechanisms for Reporting and Follow-up

… in ministries, the Department of Statistics, the police force, the defence force, the Office of the Attorney General, … bodies. It includes two deputy directorates, each divided into specialized units that take responsibility for the … The United Nations human rights mechanisms serve as an entry point for engaging in a dialogue with Governments on …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… Bamako Convention on the Ban of the import into Africa and the Control of Transboundary Movement and … UN Charter was adopted on June 26, 1945 and entered into force on October 24, 1945. it sets out the purposes of the … 2009, the Charter was given binding legal effect by the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty. Article 37 of the …
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Water as a human right?

… on states, as human rights need to be translated into specific national legal obligations and responsibilities … of the United Nations, adopted 26 June 1945, entered into force 24 October 1945, as amended by G.A. Res. 1991 (XVIII) … by General Assembly Resolution 44/25 of 20 November 1989, entry into force 2 September 1990. 24 Supra note 22 Art. …
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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… beliefs, practices and procedures have been developed into community protocols and applied to many themes including … resource use – some practices and beliefs acquire the force of law. They are locally recognised, orally held, … with the International Potato Centre and payment for entry to the Potato Park). A range of economic collectives …
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Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP

… to transform the patchy progress of the past two decades into a reality for seven billion people, rising to over nine … In turn, it was expected to establish a special task force, subcommittee or sustainable development board, taking … by General Assembly resolution 34/180 of 18 December 1979; entry into force 3 September 1981. 12 CEDAW, Art 14 (2). 13 …
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