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Defenders of the Earth
… door open to further attacks. By backing extractive and infrastructure projects imposed on local communities without … communities over large-scale development projects. THE GREEN LIGHT WITHOUT CONSENT Francisca first heard about the … defenders in 2016 29 Silence is interpreted as a green light by those wishing to repress defenders. …
Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment
… minimize the impacts from such threats to life, property, infrastructure, and livelihoods in general. Notably, this … in the school curriculum and to create additional green activities through clubs for educational institutions. … educational tools include the educator’s teaching guide, a green club kit and a workbook for students. The programme …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… but not limited to, Antonio Benjamin and Law for a Green Planet in Brazil, Charles Okidi in Kenya and East … partners as IUCN, UNEP, World Bank University, Law for a Green Planet, Greenwatch, IDEA and others to provide judges … on matters in the public sphere, like logging, housing and infrastructure development, and the protection of …
Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper
… and sanitation • Accessibility of water and sanitation infrastructure • Affordability of water and sanitation • … and 40). 14. Ensure resilience of water and sanitation infrastructure as a major climate adaptation measure (pages … funding will flow through a newly established “Copenhagen Green Climate Fund.” These commitments seem very welcome on …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… Conference now enshrined in the Outcome Document are a) a green economy in the context of sustainable development and … development. Pertinently, the Document clarifies that green economy policies should “promote sustained and … . . . [T]hese spills which result from poor maintenance of infrastructure, human error and a consequence of deliberate …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… to develop a community protocol in response to a proposed infrastructure and port development in Lamu. Lamu communities … This low impact mining technique is certified as “Green Gold”, the first of its kind in the world. Green Gold certification is recognised for its high fair …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… Regional Water Resources and Drylands RIDA Resources, Infrastructure, Demand and Access SBSTA Subsidiary Body for … and Humanity, London, UK. Hiskes, R.P. 2005 The right to a green future: Human rights, environmentalism, and … people are cast in ‘wilderness’ thinking (Braun 2002). Green advocates who portray indigenous people as ecological …
On dangerous ground _ Global Witness
… driven by agribusiness, extrac- tives, logging, and infrastructure projects, often backed by foreign investment, … (accessed 22 April 2016) 184 Green Scenery, Oakland Institute, GRAIN and others, (3 June … harassment (accessed 21 April 2016) 187 Ibid 188 Green Scenery (10 March 2016), Sierra Leone: Imprisonment for …
Water as a human right?
… Acknowledgements This paper was prepared for the Law for a Green Planet Institute 7th International Conference on … 28% of the global warming potential of GHG emissions.90 5. Infrastructure development (dams, dikes, levees, diversions … � limiting access to, or destroying, water services and infrastructure. 2. Obligation to protect: obliges States to …