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Judicial handbook on environmental law

… people in Asia die every year from diseases related to air pollution (WHO, 2003). Species are becoming extinct at an … law 29 3.4 Access to Justice 30 3.5 Environmental Quality 30 3.5.1 National law 30 3.5.2 International law 31 … 1835 To judge a thing, one must first know the standard. Sanskrit Proverb Do not cut down the tree that …
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Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… plundered, coral reefs have been ravaged and water and air have been polluted to dangerous levels. There has been a … drainage systems, there is a recipe for a lowering of the quality of life. It is an unalterable law of nature that the … air as opposed to emission standards which specify the standard at the point of emission. Thus ambient air quality
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… programmes for judges are critical, ELI does not have a standard off-the-shelf course to provide judges. Rather, we … with partners to ensure that judges receive the highest quality education on these issues. The 2002 Global Judges … basic natural elements are water, earth, food-grains, sun, air and sky. Since the Vedic period, Earth and Rivers are …
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Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… Wiehe Montocchio & Cie v Minister of the Environment and Quality of Life, Case No.2/95, Mauritius Environment Appeal … Welfare Forum v Union of India; Supreme Court of India, Air 1996 Sc 2715 119 6. Union Carbide Corporation v Union of … plaintiff did not refer to any particular violation of a standard defined by NEMA, the Court considered the action was …
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The status of climate change litigation - A global review

… y Technical understanding of climate change and the quality of predictions about future temperature and weather … are not included. For example, lawsuits seeking to limit air pollution from coal fired power plants that do not … House of Lords has applied a similar but more general standard for justiciability, holding that a controversy is …
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UNEP Global Judges Programme

… that the present generation will enjoy and improve the quality of life of all peoples, while also ensuring that the … public participation and access to justice; transboundary air pollution; ozone; climate change; international control …
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