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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
… with the financial support of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS New York and … identifiable as a specific ecosystem (a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their … should be given to national law provisions (1) when plant vari- eties may be harmful from the point of view of …
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
… It links government accountability and environmental protection. It focuses on interactions between the public and … In the 2006 case of Giacomelli v. Italy, which concerned a plant for the treatment of toxic industrial waste, the ECHR … by the noise and odours generated by a waste-treatment plant, the Court stated that “severe environmental pollution …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… fishing and subsistence rights. • A project aims to plant some monoculture plantations as a means of reforesting … relevant to international human rights law and the protection of human rights in general. They can be classified … genuine right to consent to such projects, and promote the protection of human rights. The 1987 Philippine Constitution …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… norms are relevant to human rights and environ- mental protection, and nothing in the frame work principles should … or undermining standards that provide higher levels of protection under national or international law. 6 HUMAN … environment. 1 2 4 Human rights and environmental protection are interdependent. A safe, clean, healthy and …