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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 Constitutionally Embedded Environmental Rights Worldwide James R. May* and Erin Daly§ … New Directions in Earth Rights, Environmental Rights and Human Rights: Six Facets of …
18 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

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 …
18 Jun 2026 Literature See it in ECOLEX · This content is provided by ECOLEX

Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders

… were murdered in cold blood analysis on the situation of environmental human rights defenders and concrete … by : ROUDENN GRAFIK Manufactured to the most stringent environmental certifications Demonstration in Honduras in … d u c t i o n This happens in Honduras, where the renowned environmental campaigner Berta Caceres and her colleague …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report

… Summary The present report highlights the situation of environmental human rights defenders. In his report, the … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 D. Groups of environmental human rights defenders at higher risk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 V. Empowering environmental human rights defenders . . . . . . . . . . . . …
18 Jun 2026 Document 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 … how the exercise of human rights can help promote environmental protection. Present an overview of the major …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson 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 … change introduces complicating factors. Unlike most environmental harms to human rights that have been considered …
18 Jun 2026 Document 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 … is determined to help end: the increasing suppression of environmental and land rights activism which, in many …
18 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 … and sustainable environment. 1 2 4 Human rights and environmental protection are interdependent. A safe, clean, …
18 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 rights. Last year she was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize, a prestigious award recognizing …
18 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 … who may not even be aware that they are acting as environmental human rights defenders.’2 in many cases, they …
18 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance