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Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… interventions. Desert areas, huge holes in land, water pollution (fresh and sea water), changing the course of … Projects such as construction of hydroelectric dams, oil and bio fuel plantations, massive irrigation systems, and … human rights standards. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is a not-for-profit body comprising stakeholders …
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
… in the Convention is the development of systems of pollution inventories or registers. These mechanisms for … IN ARTICLE 6, PARAGRAPH 1 (a) 1. Energy sector: • Mineral oil and gas refineries; • Installations for gasification and … cubic metres. 14. Pipelines for the transport of gas, oil or chemicals with a diameter of more than 800 mm and a …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… the quality of the environment, including air and water; pollution, waste, chemicals and other potentially harmful … quality, the global climate, freshwater quality, marine pollution, waste, toxic substances, protected areas, conser- … art. 3 (1). 22 For example, a decision to allow massive oil pollution in the pursuit of economic de- velopment could …
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
… energy demands, rapid urbanization, and air and water pollution. The Guide is an essential reference for … • A workshop on possible responses to remedy and clean up oil spills, an important issue for oil-producing countries.149 • The production of a television …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… on Human and Peoples’ Rights has decided cases concerning pollution and the exclusion of indigenous peoples from their … Peoples’ Rights concluded that “an environment degraded by pollution and defaced by the destruction of all beauty and … corporations that infringe on human rights through oil pollution, and then to ensure that there is an “adequate …