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

… industrial Risks & Pollution … international Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage … of an international Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage … within a reasonable time.8 Against the background of oil pipeline finance in Chad, The World Bank inspection Panel …
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On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… As demand for products like timber, minerals and palm oil continues, governments, companies and criminal gangs are … steps of the local court building. He had spoken out about pollution of the La Pasión River allegedly caused by the palm oil company Reforestadora de Palmas del Petén, S.A. (REPSA). …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… from 48 Asian and European countries to Gas flaring at oil drilling site on the Napo river, Amazone, Ecuador Pe te r … communities to seek transparency and accountability of oil companies and Governments on environmental matters. … Cooperation – Taking Stock • Czech Republic – integrated pollution register • Finland – Tarkkailija • Canada – …
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Defenders of the Earth

… – with 33 defenders killed after having opposed mining and oil projects – though the number of murders associated with … factor in almost every killing in 2016. Mining and oil are again linked to more murders – 33 cases in 2016 – … to take responsibility for displacing people and causing pollution. Out of desperation, the Adivasi began to blockade …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group

… by large projects such as dams, logging, mining or oil extraction. What they all have in common is that they … of organic matter from effluent ponds attached to a palm oil mill owned by reforestadora de Palmas del Petén, s.a. … degradation and destruction of ecosystems … including the pollution of water and lands, and the depletion of local …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Water as a human right?

… for the future, as growing demands outstrip supplies and pollution continues to contaminate rivers, lakes and … that inhabitants were exposed to toxic by-products of oil exploita- Water as a Human Right? 10 52 Bulankulama v. … a decision in the Lubikon Lake Band Case63 (1990), that oil and gas exploration deprived the Band of its right to …
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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and other Matter of 1972 … is to prevent environmental harm, whether they concern pollution of the sea, inland waters, the atmosphere, soil or … effect. Examples The 1990 International Convention on Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation states …
20 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP

… on Human and Peoples’ Rights has decided cases concerning pollution and the exclusion of indigenous peoples from their … allegations that the Government had failed to ensure that oil exploitation activities were conducted in compliance with … allegations that the Government had failed to ensure that oil exploitation activities were conducted in compliance with …
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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… due to a worsening of water quality in the course of water pollution and salinization. In turn, waterborne sanitation … [Alcoholics Anonymous] meeting for still-active coal and oil drunks ... who at the moment are making very vague … in the context of climate change see Stephen Tully, Like Oil and Water: A Sceptical Appraisal of Climate Change and …
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Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report

… from climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution to poverty eradication. They would also ensure that … in relation to the extractive and mining industries, palm oil cultivation and deforestation proved to be most at risk … to construction projects such as hydroelectric dams, oil and gas pipelines and aqueducts. Other areas in which …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance