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The Aarhus Convention: An implementation guide. Securing the public's rights through access to information, public participation and Access to justice for a healthy environment
… rights, and its focus on involving the public, provide a mechanism for holding governments to account in their efforts … insights from the findings of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee, a unique body inspired by human rights … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 List of Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Environmental Law International mechanisms to ensure compliance and enforcement States are responsible for … countries. IEG also foresees the mechanisms to address compliance and enforcement of international environmental … such as compliance committees. These approaches are a good mechanism to put pressure on State vis-à-vis their …
The Aarhus Convention:An implementation guide. UN/ECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters
… 148 Article 15. Review of compliance … challenge. Amending national laws to bring them into compliance with the sometimes abstract provisions of the … in this manner. The justice pillar also pro- vides a mechanism for the public to enforce environmental law … “public concerned”. Because article 9, paragraph 2, is the mechanism for enforcing rights under article 6, however, it …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… into the project, and agree on a feedback and complaints mechanism PAGE 25 2.5. Conduct participatory monitoring and … of outcries by indigenous peoples denouncing the lack of compliance with the ILO Convention 169 and the UN Declaration … of FPIC, the Human Rights Committee that monitors compliance with the ICCPR and the Committee on Economic, …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Rights (CESCR), the body of experts appointed to oversee compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, … is a matter of legitimacy, and legitimacy in turn affects compliance. Public Participation … the UN system generally points to actions which are: 1) in compliance with international human rights laws and …