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Climate Change and the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation Position Paper
… does not pretend to offer a blueprint for the complex trade-offs and policy choices involved with mitigating and … legal regimes governing climate change, human rights, trade and intellectual property, and encourage and fund … bodies dealing with human rights, climate change, trade and intellectual property issues (including under the …
On dangerous ground _ Global Witness
… must: ▶ Ensure any future bilateral and multilateral trade agreements involving governments whose defenders are … their forests and all that they provide. The logging trade operates in remote areas with weak law enforce ment and … Much of the illegal logging in Cambodia is driven by the trade in high-value rosewood, which is facilitated by …
Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP
… United Nations Environment Programme, nor does citing of trade names or commercial processes constitute endorsement. … into most branches of international law, including free trade agreements that mention environmental cooperation as an … protection, and economic matters such as free trade or international finance, means that governance is …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… status and because of concern that it may be misused for trade- protectionist purposes Probably the most widely … the public interest and without distorting international trade and investment.” Principle 16 on internalisation of … scarce resources and to avoid distortions in international trade and investment. It was meant to apply within a state, …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… United Nations Environment Programme, nor does citing of trade names or commercial processes constitute endorsement. … Convention on international Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora … Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in international Trade … findings of the international Criminal Court, the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and MEA Secretariats. The …
Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation
… (REDD). David has also worked for the UNEP Economics and Trade Branch in Geneva, and on a variety of environmental … programme, and leads the research domain ‘Managing trade-offs between conservation and development at the … is being developed. Geographical indicators and trade marks are used to ensure protection of collective …
Defenders of the Earth
… S up po rt a nd p ro te ct GOVERNMENTS BILATERAL AID AND TRADE PARTNERS CO M PA N IE S IN VESTORS > Governments > Companies > Investors > Bilateral aid and trade partners States have the primary duty, under … defenders safe. Companies, investors and bilateral aid and trade partners, have a responsibility – as well as a business …
Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment
… United Nations Environment Programme, nor does citing of trade names or commercial processes constitute endorsement. … into force at the same time as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The NAAEC established an … future generations, in the context of increasing economic, trade, and social links among Canada, Mexico, and the United …
Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders
… land grabbing, extractive industries, industrial timber trade and large-scale development projects. Indigenous … d. Ensure that any future bilateral and multilateral trade agreements involving countries, where EHRDs are under …