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New Directions in Earth Rights, Environmental Rights and Human Rights: Six Facets of Constitutionally Embedded Environmental Rights Worldwide

… IUCN Academy of Environmental Law e-Journal Issue 2011 (1) New Directions in Earth Rights, Environmental Rights and Human Rights: Six Facets of … occurred or will occur to them, or is it enough to show damage to their local environment, or that the planet‟s … New Directions in Earth Rights, Environmental Rights and Human Rights: Six Facets of …
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Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers

… Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers … community legal centre specialising in public interest environmental law, and the Division of Environmental Law and Conventions of the United Nations … Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers …
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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Book – Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) Book to Unit 3 – Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part II) Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION … Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Research (UNITAR) based on its course “Human Rights and Environmental Protection for Sustainable Development”, which … At the end of this lesson you will be able to: Explain how environmental harm can interfere with the enjoyment of human … within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Defenders of the Earth

… Global Witness documented the murder of 200 land and environmental defenders in 2016. This report is dedicated to … bill that would allow drivers to run over and kill an environmental protester without facing jail.2 The bill was … region since the age of 18, she had been horrified at the damage being wreaked by the internationally financed Cerrejón …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group

EnvironmEntal Human rigHts DEfEnDErs A global crisis PoliCY … and recommendations 21 tAble of contents PrEfaCE Environmental human rights defenders (EHrDs) are individuals … to environmental harm, bearing in mind that environmental damage is felt most acutely by those segments of the …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… is the first climate agreement, and one of the first environmental agreements of any kind, to explicitly recognize … obligations to protect the enjoyment of human rights from environmental harm (A/HRC/25/53). These obligations encompass … rights violation is not a prerequisite for addressing the damage suffered by those most vulnerable to climate change. …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… ENVIRONMENT: THE KILLING AND CRIMINALIZATION OF LAND AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENDERS WORLDWIDE ON DANGEROUS GROUND THE … and shot and killed her. Berta was a high-profile environmental campaigner and activist on indigenous land … illegal logging and land-grabbing are causing serious damage to conservation of this natural heritage. Gangs of …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… supported by State practice, including in international environmental instruments and before human rights bodies. As … are intertwined with the en- vironment in which we live. Environmental harm interferes with the enjoyment of human … when there are threats of serious or irreversible damage.20 States should take precautionary measures to …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

Environmental Law instruments … Global Environmental Law instruments … Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage … an international Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage … A L L E G A L M A T E R I A L S A N D C A S E S V Regional Environmental Law instruments …
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