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Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… protect the environment, including access to information, public participation, and access to justice. At the end of … is necessary to fulfil individual’s human rights to life, health, water, food, work, culture, development, access to … (article 19 of the UDHR and article 19 of the (ICCPR), public participation in decision-making (article 21 of the …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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 … recognize the link between the environment and human health and well-being, and many MEAs include provisions … 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 … the interconnectedness of issues such as human well-being, health, security and equity, and impairment of the …
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Water as a human right?

… an ecosystem approach 27 Content 28 Scope – Duties for the public and private sector alike 31 Concluding remarks 33 … recognised the key role of water in agriculture, energy, health, biodiversity and ecosystems as well as in combating … Problems. Published by the United Nations Department of Public Information. DPI/2293A December 2002. 4 UNESCO …
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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 … of the inhabitants of the town of Taboshar about the health risks associated with the nearby abandoned uranium …
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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… recognised human rights. They are also the foundations for public health and human development. For example, an estimated 1.6 … of the 1998 Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice …
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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… Change UNFF United Nations Forum on Forests WHO World Health Organization xiv 1 1 Introduction In the United … of all Panamanians by authorizing construction of a public roadway through a protected nature reserve. See Case, … right to an ecologically balanced environment, which is a public good for the people’s use and is essential for a …
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Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, to an adequate standard of living, to adequate food, … 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 …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… change and human rights on 15 and 16 July 2014 and a public meeting on the same topic in Geneva on the following … of living and to the highest attainable standard of health. The Declaration requested the Human Rights Council to … environmental impacts and make environmental information public; (b) to facilitate public participation in …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Factsheet on Human Rights and the Environment

… full enjoyment of human rights, including rights to life, health, water, and food. • At the same time, efforts to … certain human rights, such as the rights to information, public participation in decision- making and access to … Article 1 provides for rights of access to information, public participation and access to justice. The Aarhus …
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