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Review of the compatibility of sectoral laws with the right to food

… insofar as it requires technical knowledge on the specific sector and familiarity with legal aspects and human rights, … LEGiSLATiON UNDER REViEW PARTICIPATION The general public should be allowed to participate in the planning and … and stakeholders clearly defined? ACCOUNTABILITY Public officials should be held accountable to their …
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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper

… for climate change mitigation and adaptation • The private sector and technology policy • Procedural rights: … recognised human rights. They are also the foundations for public health and human development. For example, an … of the 1998 Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice …
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Development of specific right to food legislation

… 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 … interfere with the exercise of the right to food of any sector of the population. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the …
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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 … (ii) enhanced accountability of governments, the private sector and environmental or human rights organizations, and …
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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 … all levels of government, civil society, the private sector, communities, and individuals. The practices included …
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On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… use their influence to marginalise defenders and turn public opinion against them, branding their actions as … land and resources, and publicly reaffirm the work of public officials threatened when monitoring these sectors ▶ … INDUSTRIES Mining and extractives industries were the sector most linked to killings of land and environmental …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach

… to inform all actors – governments, the private sector, local communities, nongovernmental organizations – … 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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UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015

… regional banks, major groups including the private sector, NGOs and community groups - to integrate fully … 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 …
20 Jun 2026 Document

The right to food within the international framework of human rights and country constitutions

… interfere with the exercise of the right to food of any sector of the population. The obligation to fulfil means that … right to food is published in a language accessible to the public and disseminated through appropriate media. Human … affecting the exercise of this right, provided that public authorities and domestic courts have a thorough …
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Defenders of the Earth

… compared to 16 in 2015 > Mining remains the most dangerous sector – with 33 defenders killed after having opposed mining … Methodology), which can’t always be met by a review of public information or through local contacts. Shrinking space … to a healthy environment, the right to participate in public life, the right to protest and the right to life. As …
20 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance