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

… role for the courts? 61 65 Public interest environmental litigation and the judiciary: Eastern Europe 67 The healing … capacity building, the ethics of judging, public interest litigation and whether the courts have a role in “judicial … evolving means to overcome this barrier is Public Interest Litigation (PIL). Nevertheless, insufficient rules on public …
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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… attention to the study and support of environmental litigation at the national and regional levels insofar as the … A. Posner, Climate Change and International Human Rights Litigation: A 47 litigation as part of a safety net for those most threatened …
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New Directions in Earth Rights, Environmental Rights and Human Rights: Six Facets of Constitutionally Embedded Environmental Rights Worldwide

… See: M. Lau, „Islam and Judicial Activism: Public Interest Litigation and Environmental Protection in the Islamic … In other jurisdictions, it is not standing that limits litigation, but judicial interpretation of constitutional … „Securing Environmental Rights Through Public Interest Litigation in South Asia‟ (2004) 22 Va. Envtl. L.J. 215, 244. …
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Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders

… and develop workable security plans to the risks. Litigation against perpetrators is an important way of … and obtaining redress. Coordinated transnational litigation against perpetrators of violence against EHRDs has … and the actions of companies. The use of “strategic litigation against public participation” (SLAPP) lawsuits …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report

… develop workable security plans to address the risks. 62. Litigation against perpetrators is an important way of … and obtaining redress. Coordinated transnational litigation against perpetrators of violence against … and the actions of companies. The use of strategic litigation against public participation lawsuits silences …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… speedy environmental justice and help reduce the burden of litigation in the higher courts, through its dedicated … some exceptions noted below, to bear their own costs in litigation. According to the Act, the cost provisions apply … Law Sub-Category: Improving Access to Courts Key Words: Litigation, Accountability, Access to Justice, Monitoring …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… and government authorities. She asserted that domestic litigation was not a suitable remedy because it would be … on 14 December 1992. it put an end to negotiations and litigation concerning Maori fishing rights. These rights had … account documents not submitted to it in the course of litigation, since France did not participate in the …
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Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP

… as well as endangered species laws. As with human rights litigation, citizens sue the government to secure its …
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Water as a human right?

… to its constitutional environmental provisions: – Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra v. Uttar Pradesh concerned … Court, Constitutional Chamber, July 30, 1993). 154 Rural Litigation and Entitlement Kendra v. Uttar Pradesh, 1985 …
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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… institutions, intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), and litigation. In response, IGOs and NGOs – like major business … and mediation to “hard” approaches such as arbitration or litigation, in which a decision is imposed by a third party. … to respond to failures in an RBA to conservation – meaning litigation options in theory and practice; 4 Resolution 4.056 …
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