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Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)

… of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management … the environment linkages, such as with respect to toxic waste, indigenous peoples rights, food, water and climate … the environment linkages, including with respect to toxic waste, indigenous peoples rights, food, water and climate …
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Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP

… Beginning in the 1970s with the increase of hazardous waste and concerns regarding illicit trafficking and dumping … Commission of Human Rights affirmed that dumping of toxic waste and dangerous products and wastes constitutes a serious … Rights.25 However, the transformation to merge the toxic waste mandate into a more generalized special rapporteur on …
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Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment

… N H U M A N R I G H T S A N D T H E E N V I R O N M E N T waste, transport, and financing. For example, under air and … of rhino in a national park, the unlawful disposal of waste, illegal cutting and collection of wood and driving in … the general public about the problem of toxic industrial waste and to pressure the government to institute policies to …
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UNEP Policy and Strategy for Gender Equality and the Environment 2014-2017, February 2015

… Governance 35 v. Sub-programme 5: Chemicals and Waste 32 vi. Sub-programme 6: Resource Efficiency 36 vii. … field of the environment. Sub-Programme 5: Chemicals and Waste Objective of the Organization: To promote a transition … among countries to the sound management of chemicals and waste to minimize impacts on the environment and human …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Water as a human right?

… for one’s private life and home. The case concerned a waste treatment plant, which caused health problems and … and 25,000 people dying of hunger every day?65 Why waste more time on academic debates on whether or not to … pollution is the result of the two million tons of human waste disposed of in watercourses every day.86 The human …
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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

The World Charter for Nature

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Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… of the environment, including air and water; pollution, waste, chemicals and other potentially harmful substances … the global climate, freshwater quality, marine pollution, waste, toxic substances, protected areas, conser- vation and … often become the sites of dispropor- tionate numbers of waste dumps, refineries, power plants and other polluting …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

New Directions in Earth Rights, Environmental Rights and Human Rights: Six Facets of Constitutionally Embedded Environmental Rights Worldwide

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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… water quality, air quality, hazardous substances and waste. For example, the dumping of radio-active waste at sea may result in harm not only to aquatic life but … Manila alone discharge about 7,000–8,000 tons of solid waste everyday. Only about 4,000 tons is collected and the …
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