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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Procedures for monitoring the right to food

… elderly, people with disabilities, persons with chronic medical problems [including those suffering from mental …
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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 …
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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 …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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 …
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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 …
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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. …
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Defenders of the Earth

… to the Guardian newspaper that it was generating toxic waste or substances harmful to the local community, and … pay for pensions of widows and retired rangers, as well as medical treatment for rangers injured in the line of duty. …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance