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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management … and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and social services” (Article 25). Environmental … social measures relating to food, clothing, housing and medical care” (Article Xi), the right to take part in …
Water as a human right?
… 1973 (892 UNTS 119). including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services…” One may wonder … for one’s private life and home. The case concerned a waste treatment plant, which caused health problems and … and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services …” 95 …
New Directions in Earth Rights, Environmental Rights and Human Rights: Six Facets of Constitutionally Embedded Environmental Rights Worldwide
… to pay damages to compensate the victim for the costs of medical care or lost employment. But most environmental cases … required “to remediate the site and to pay past and future medical expenses to those who became sick”,33 raising … from leasing an important archeological site to a medical college. “The environment is an integral part of …
Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP
… hard on the poor who often lack the resources to seek medical treatment. The enjoyment of … Beginning in the 1970s with the increase of hazardous waste and concerns regarding illicit trafficking and dumping … Commission of Human Rights affirmed that dumping of toxic waste and dangerous products and wastes constitutes a serious …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… and their families, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and social services (Article 25). The UDHR also … 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 …
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 … of rhino in a national park, the unlawful disposal of waste, illegal cutting and collection of wood and driving in … as well as other types of urgent assistance, such as medical assistance and legal aid. According to FORUM-ASIA’s …
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 may result in harm not only to aquatic life but … of India (Kanpur Tanneries) (1987) 4 SCC 463. Bangalore Medical Trust v B.S. Muddappa (1991) 4 SCC 54. In Re Bhawani …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… Canadian citizens alleged that the storage of radioactive waste near their homes threatened the right to life of … contagious diseases that remained untreated due to lack of medical care.29 The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights … and agro-industrial activities may involve transport of waste and consequent impacts, as well as risks of explosions. …