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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 … right to healthy working conditions, the right to humane treatment, and the right to development. Where the “right to …
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Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… discriminatory measures, such indirect differential treatment is prohibited unless it meets strict requirements … 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 …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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

… and the right to be free from inhuman or degrading treatment. Environmental degradation can impact these rights … that illicit dumping of toxic and dangerous substances and waste potentially constitutes a serious threat to the human … including the operation of chemical factories and waste-collection sites. The Inter-American Commission on …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… (2) the downstream community can build an adequate water treatment plant at its own cost; (3) the polluter may receive …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Water as a human right?

… for one’s private life and home. The case concerned a waste treatment plant, which caused health problems and nuisance to … and 25,000 people dying of hunger every day?65 Why waste more time on academic debates on whether or not to …
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Human rights and the Environment: Rio + 20 - Joint Report OHCHR and UNEP

… on the poor who often lack the resources to seek medical treatment. The enjoyment of internationally-guaranteed rights … 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 …
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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 Coalition issued five press statements relating to the treatment and protection of WHRDs. In March 2014 the …
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Review of the compatibility of sectoral laws with the right to food

… at a disadvantage? - Does the law encourage different treatment of individuals or groups on the basis of one of the …
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Rights-based approaches - Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation

… and monitoring criteria, and sets a precedent for the treatment of similar resource rights (Filmer-Wilson and … CEOSS) Zakaria, G. and Laban, P. 1997 Recycling household waste to improve soil fertility. ILEIA Newsletter 13 (3): 22. … Brennan said: (para 83) Native title continues where the waste lands of the Crown have not been so appropriated or …
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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 … a party. The book is a valuable comparative study of the treatment of interna- tional principles in the courts of 12 …
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