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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
… Gaugitsch Helmut Gaugitsch studied technical chemistry and food chemistry at the technical University of Vienna, … Organization IPPC integrated pollution prevention and control ISO International Organization for Standardization … and set out the fundamental right to “an environment of a quality that permits a life of dignity and well-being”. 1980 …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… fulfil individual’s human rights to life, health, water, food, work, culture, development, access to information, and … and adequate conditions of life, in an environment of a quality that permits a life of dignity and being.’ The … to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… cultures. They typically have higher rates of poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition than non-indigenous … project’s waste management methods could affect the water quality and therefore the health of Indigenous Peoples, and … aspects of the project that will affect them, to exercise control and manage their lands and territories, and to …
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
… set out the fundamental right to “an environ- ment of a quality that permits a life of dignity and well-being”. 1980 … consequences of activities under their jurisdiction or control. Accord- ing to some scholars, this declaratory … mation on the environmental situation, the quality of food and housing. The Russian Federation Law on State Secrets …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… to the environment in accordance with their mandates : Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) … of Wild Fauna and Flora or the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Wastes and their … loss of biodiversity, pollution, soil erosion, decreasing quality and quantity of water, poor sanitation services and …