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Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… The Obligation to Make Environmental Information Public ............................................13 … Obligation to Facilitate Public Participation in Environmental Decision-making … it is hoped that they will increase the understanding and awareness of the linkages between human rights and the …
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General aspects regarding monitoring the right to food

… and what actually happens in practice. ‑ It identifies how public policies, programmes and other activities may prevent … and accountability of duty‑bearers. ‑ It raises awareness and builds the capacity of: · rights-holders to … to bolstering social and gender equality. ‑ It promotes public participation in the formulation of policies, …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… Is judicial activism a proper role for the courts? 61 65 Public interest environmental litigation and the judiciary: … rights, judicial capacity building, the ethics of judging, public interest litigation and whether the courts have a role … promote the Foundation’s aims and assist in its public awareness campaign. They organize 20 Judges and the rule of …
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Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… environment. 1. See Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision- Making and Access to … the rights of others, or to protect national security, public order, or public health or morals. These restrictions … ENVIRONMENT States should provide for education and public awareness on environmental matters.6 15 States have agreed …
21 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Report Advisory Body 'Our common dignity initiative on Rights-based Approaches in World Heritage'

… Dignity initiative has been to contribute towards building awareness of rights issues in World Heritage and heritage … information in World Heritage should be supported by: i) public access to draft nomination documents from Tentative Listing onwards, and ii) public access by pro-active outreach, translation and …
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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… Aarhus Convention on Access to information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice … this compendium, UNEP aims to clarify and increase awareness of the linkage between human rights and … regarding disclosure of environmental information and public participation in decision-making. Similarly, human …
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Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP

… and the UNECE’s Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice … certain human rights, such as the rights to information, public participation in decision-making H U M A N R I G H T S … specific context of the Rio+20, the report aims to raise awareness of the potential for concrete actions to foster …
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UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015

… UNEP priorities, including in the areas of: political and public life, representation, nationality; rights to land and … women’s full involvement in sustainable development and in public life. 43. Agenda 21 made 145 references to linkages … on gender mainstreaming; enhanced core and thematic awareness-raising materials, and specific thematic and …
21 Jun 2026 Document

Development of specific right to food legislation

… FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW Information Education and awareness raising Competent national authority Monitoring … to a more precise definition of this right, guide public policy and provide the means with which to enforce it … the law could formulate some specific aims to establish public policy goals on the right to food to be developed in …
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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… African planner who specialises in strategic planning, public participation, project planning, capacity building and … an ecologist who has been conducting research and building awareness programmes about conservation and natural resource … Reduction Initiative-Africa. Jessica holds a Masters of Public Policy from Duke University, USA. Terry Sunderland …
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