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Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… protect those who are most vulnerable to, or at particular risk from, environmental harm (framework principles 14 and … They are among the human rights defenders most at risk, and the risks are particularly acute for indigenous … enjoyment of human rights, States should require the prior assessment of the possible environmental impacts of proposed …
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
… Agency Austria in 1991 and has worked on ecological risk assessment, monitoring and coexistence of genetically … and currently chairs the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Risk Assessment and Risk Management under the Cartagena …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… access, States have affirmative duties to provide for the assessment of the potential impacts of proposed projects and … resources are the second largest group of defenders at risk of being killed (A/HRC/4/37), and that their situation … and adjudicating abuse by business enterprises, or risk breaching their international obligations” (A/ HRC/4/35, …
Free Prior and Informed Consent - An indigenous peoples' right and a good practice for local communities - Manual for project practitioners
… CONSENT MANUAL 16 • Complete, including a preliminary assessment of the possible economic, social, cultural and … related to improved agricultural skills as that might risk disrupting their nomadic traditions, while they consent … implementation of their operations and limit the risk of local resistance. Lessons Learned, the “gold …
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
… below. 1985 Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of cer- tain public and private … countries. Through these activities, UN/ECE reduces the risk both of cross-border tensions and of disagreements … economic interests are at stake, persons who take the risk of demanding that the rules should be complied with and …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… legislation on areas such as environmental impact assessment, access to environmental information, … (LRTAP), Espoo Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment and the Aarhus Convention on Access to … the funding basis for the UN Environment Programme may risk to remain uncertain, unstable and unpredictable. As a …