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Dramatic growth in laws to protect environment, but widespread failure to enforce, finds report

24 Jan 2019 News in

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 56 3.4 Human rights norms … 57 3.4.1. Human right to water … 57 3.4.2. Procedural human rights: Rights to access to information, free speech, free assembly, …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor

… granting local and indigenous communities clear and secure rights to conserve and use sustainably wildlife and benefit … in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) 1.5 Relevant human rights instruments 1.6 Guidance from IUCN 1.7 The … harmful processes and land uses 5.5 Wildlife health 5.6 Human-wildlife conflicts 55 55 58 62 66 69 70 74 82 94 96 101 …
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UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… purpose of each Article, and offers guidance on how the rights and obligations of contained therein policymakers and … Kinds of Uses 129 10.1 Commentary 129 10.1.1 Vital human needs 129 10.1.2 The human right to water 130 10.2 Application 132 10.2.1 …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities; (b) "combating desertification" includes … combination of processes, including processes arising from human activities and habitation patterns, such as: (i) soil … the Annexes in a manner that is in conformity with their rights and obligations under the articles of this Convention. …
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An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… and strengthening national institutions 13 4.1 Procedural rights 13 4.2 Research, education and training 14 4.3 … major global events like the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment of 1972, and two decades later, the United … the Final Act of Lagos as well as the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, and stresses the necessity to work …
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MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… in June 1972 for the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (UNCHE ), the Stockholm Conference. … future. To be successful, we must be guided by our shared human values. On this point, it gives me some satisfaction to … law, maritime law, intellectual property law and human rights are some examples.6 At 5 See for example, the CBD …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

An introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

… and strengthening national institutions 13 4.1 Procedural rights 13 4.2 Research, education and training 14 4.3 … major global events like the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment of 1972, and two decades later, the United … the Final Act of Lagos as well as the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, and stresses the necessity to work …
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UN Treaty Handbook

… © United Nations 2002-2012 Revised edition of 2012 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be … for signature indefinitely. Most multilateral treaties on human rights issues fall into this category, for example, the … of the reservation by depositary notification. Generally, human rights treaties do not contain provisions relating to …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Sources of international law (Part I) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… major boost with the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment held in Stockholm, Sweden, which brought … http://leo.informea.org/united-nations-conference-human-environment International environmental law In order to … the 1981 African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The 1982 World Charter for Nature is a resolution …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance