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Dramatic growth in laws to protect environment, but widespread failure to enforce, finds report

24 Jan 2019 News in

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

… its aim is to maintain a high level of safety in this industry worldwide (Article 1). The Preamble recognizes the … organizations, local authorities, workers, business and industry, scientists and farmers. unesco declaration on the … Republic of Nigeria in charge of supervision of the oil industry” (paras. 108, 110). The ECCJ unanimously held that …
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On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… the Philippines (33) and Colombia (26). Mining was the industry most linked to killings of land and environmental … believed to contain important me- tallic minerals.109 The industry is highly dependent on foreign exports and … and environmental defenders were linked to the logging industry. 1.6 billion134 people depend on forests for their …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… Tourism programme assigns companies in the tourism industry a “sustainability level” rating. Another good … including air and climate, water management, forests, industry and energy sector, THE OBLIGATION TO MAKE … Participation, Accountability, Monitoring, Extractive Industry, Mining, Corporations Implementing Actors: National …
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Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group

… 2013, at least 150 killings were linked to the extractive industry. in these cases, EHrDs were often targeted during or … activities of illegal logging groups and the extractive industry. for example, the un special rapporteur on the …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Water as a human right?

… withdrawals (see Figure 2). Global annual water use by industry is expected to rise due to the rapid industrial …
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Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders

… sufficiently. Type of communications received by field of industry Extractive industry Land rights* Construction projects** 54 …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Defenders of the Earth

… those who stand against it. Meanwhile a voracious mining industry makes the Philippines stand out for killings in … linked to more murders – 33 cases in 2016 – than any other industry. The number of murders associated with logging … park rangers are threatened by poachers as much as by industry. WHERE THE SITUATION HAS WORSENED 12 DEFENDERS OF …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… state: Public Civil Action was proposed to force a textile industry to install filters to prevent the discharge of pollutants in a river. The industry committed before the environmental authority to take …
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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… with 70 per cent and 20 per cent for agriculture and industry, respectively).61 If one assumes that an amount in … water in the world for domestic use, agriculture and for industry. The problem is that some people – notably the poor …
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