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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 … tied to environmental factors such as water, climate, soil quality, air quality, and biological diversity. … welfare and development. The preamble recognizes that “soil, water, flora and faunal resources constitute a capital …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… of complex topics ranging from natural resource damages to pollution preven- tion, public participation in decision … such as rising of water-tables, salinity, waterlogging, soil erosion, ozone depletion and climatic changes. The … quarries in Doon Valley on the grounds that it would cause soil erosion, deforestation and river silting. The Supreme …
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 … the laws of nature. Environmental milieu (air, water, soil) and all species are interdependent. Harm to one aspect … as nonrenewable resources, such as mineral deposits, some soil nutrients, and fossil fuels, are capital assets. Yet, …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… and 2000 responded to health concerns caused by industrial pollution in Delhi.9 In some instances, the courts issued … be free from contamination and fit for human consumption. Soil, water, and crops should be assessed to ensure quality … they may also involve land use transformation, water and soil erosion in the construction phase, and some levels of …
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 the protection of human life or living resources. …
Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment
… Cooperation – Taking Stock • Czech Republic – integrated pollution register • Finland – Tarkkailija • Canada – … of the environment, including air and water resources, soil and earth, protected areas, and biological diversity; … both intentionally and accidentally, to the air, water and soil, as well as in off-site transfers, such as wastewater …
Water as a human right?
… for the future, as growing demands outstrip supplies and pollution continues to contaminate rivers, lakes and … have the right to protection and preservation of the air, soil, water, sea-ice, flora and fauna, and the essential … mining operation contaminating the water supplies and the soil violated nearby residents’ constitutional right to …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… collective land title has been conferred and of rights to soil and forest resources in the San Juan Territory have … | Appendix use and sale of surplus. The use of soil and timber resources is a recognised statutory right. … 46 Ibid 47 Ibid at 40 drastic changes in land use and pollution.48 These impacts could be reduced by prior …
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 … which may be accentuated due to climate change and pollution. In the Mekong River Delta and Nile River Delta, … such as climate changes, desertification and increased soil salinity, deforestation and loss of biodiversity…” 165 …