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Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… 57 3.4.1. Human right to water … 57 3.4.2. Procedural human rights: Rights to access to information, free speech, free assembly, participation and access to justice … 101 5.7.5. Human right to water … facing the international community today is to ensure access to adequate freshwater of sufficient quality to …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… as protected areas, does legislation authorise continued access and use by indigenous and local communities where this … and local communities and other stakeholders, have the right to information, representation and participation in … take the form of “no use” (prohibition of human use or access). 11. The Ramsar Convention COPs have enlarged the …
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
… aircrafts. The main exception to that jurisdiction is the right of innocent passage for ships of all states under … Whenever the Convention acknowledges or grants a right to states, whether in their capacity as flag state (the … to harvest the entire TAC, it must give other states access to the surplus of the TAC. The coastal state is …
Biodiversity, the next challenge for financial institutions ? A scoping study to assess exposure of financial institutions to biodiversity business risks and identifying options for business opportunities
… present). Regulatory constraints from policy makers and access to capital (for emerging market FIs) were only stated … issues concern 1) climate change; and 2) restricted access to oil & gas reserves. A previous study by the WRI … objectives. Recourse/non-recourse. Refers to the right, in an agreement, to demand payment from the person who …