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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… industrial Risks & Pollution … of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management … UNECE Convention on the Transboundary Effects of industrial Accidents … the environment linkages, such as with respect to toxic waste, indigenous peoples rights, food, water and climate …
Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment
… N H U M A N R I G H T S A N D T H E E N V I R O N M E N T waste, transport, and financing. For example, under air and … to educate the general public about the problem of toxic industrial waste and to pressure the government to institute … at all levels of society, promote reductions in industrial pollution, and support the integration of PRTR …
Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP
… Beginning in the 1970s with the increase of hazardous waste and concerns regarding illicit trafficking and dumping … activities, such as mining.54 Governments must regulate industrial and other activities that potentially could result … all decisions on whether to permit or renew permission for industrial, agricultural and construction activities listed …
Water as a human right?
… Right? 10 52 Bulankulama v. The Secretary, Ministry of Industrial Development (2000) Vol. 7 No. 2 South Asian … for one’s private life and home. The case concerned a waste treatment plant, which caused health problems and … water use by industry is expected to rise due to the rapid industrial development of developing countries. If per capita …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… water quality, air quality, hazardous substances and waste. For example, the dumping of radio-active waste at sea … Individual Rights to Environmental Protection in India. industrial use of natural resources have no means of access … helped to lay down one of the most far-reaching rulings on industrial pollu- tion, see Rural Litigation of Entitlement, …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… 1996 and 2000 responded to health concerns caused by industrial pollution in Delhi.9 In some instances, the courts … for “the improvement of all aspects of environmental and industrial hygiene” and “the prevention, treatment and … Canadian citizens alleged that the storage of radioactive waste near their homes threatened the right to life of …
UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015
… Governance 35 v. Sub-programme 5: Chemicals and Waste 32 vi. Sub-programme 6: Resource Efficiency 36 vii. … field of the environment. Sub-Programme 5: Chemicals and Waste Objective of the Organization: To promote a transition … among countries to the sound management of chemicals and waste to minimize impacts on the environment and human …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… that illicit dumping of toxic and dangerous substances and waste potentially constitutes a serious threat to the human … including the operation of chemical factories and waste-collection sites. The Inter-American Commission on … more environmentally friendly: cleaning them up, recycling waste, distributing clean water, providing low-cost heating …