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Judicial handbook on environmental law
… . . . . . . . . . 14 International Labor Convention 169 on Indigenous People . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … judges in any particular jurisdiction could profit from knowledge of the work of their colleagues in the identical … be protected by being designated as sacred or taboo. Many indigenous people have a special relationship with the land …
Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases
… Canada 6 Illegal Mining Antigua and Barbuda 1 India 19 Indigenous Peoples Australia 4 Brazil 3 Canada 8 Chile 1 New … Plaintiff claimed that it conserved nature by maintaining indigenous vegetation. The boundary of the land was the … owned the property on which the drums were buried. To the knowledge of Goodyear, Burprom, with whom the contract was …
Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary
… of the environment and the law. It seeks to complement the knowledge of judges in the enforcement of Sri Lanka’s … contribute to the preservation of the environment. The indigenous people of Sri Lanka, be er known as the Veddas, … designed to recognise and strengthen the role of indigenous people and their communities. In general, …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… problems of enforce- ment, as well as related scientific knowledge which is necessary to sensitize judges for … Island, and Massachusetts. This programme was, to our knowledge, the first of its kind for state judges in the U.S. … genetic resources, hazardous materials transportation to indigenous and traditional community rights. Regardless of …
The status of climate change litigation - A global review
… liability for entities that generate emissions with full knowledge of those emissions’ effects on the global climate. … far failed to curb those emissions despite the companies’ knowledge of the harm caused, capacity to do so, and … as a Bridge? Beyond Dialectics of Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, 31 AM. INDIAN L. REV. 675 (2007). …