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UNEP Global Judges Programme

… Africa, Mekong countries, Latin America and Pacific Island States. • Mobilization of regional and national … R A M M E 49 AUCKLAND STATEMENT ADOPTED AT UNEP’S PACIFIC ISLAND CHIEF JUSTICES NEEDS- ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING MEETING … meeting of Chief Justices and senior judges of the Pacific Island States for the purposes of assessing the specific …
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The status of climate change litigation - A global review

… and threatening to overwhelm coastal communities and small island nations.2 Average temperatures are rising and heat … facility and release solid and hazardous wastes into the Island End River, Mystic River, and directly onto the city … environmental degradation, are forcing citizens off the island. The Supreme Court of New Zealand concluded that …
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Judges and Environmenal Law: a Handbook for the Sri Lankan Judiciary

… However, unsustainable use, disasters, pollution, loss of ecosystem services and the health implications of … of plants and animals – many which are unique to this island nation. Inadequate enforcement of laws, corruption and … transboundary issues come into play. Sri Lanka being an island does not face the issues that countries with …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… from Maine, New Hamp- shire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. This programme was, to our … Conference “The Protection of the Mediterranean-Black Sea Ecosystem” which was held in Venice on 8 and 9 October 2004. … the globe, including a meeting of judges of South Pacific Island States in Brisbane in early 2002. UNEP perceived a …
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Judicial handbook on environmental law

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Island of Palmas decision, (Neth/US), Apr. 4, 1928, Permanent … and protecting coastal fisheries. Similarly, in the Island of Palmas decision, the arbitrator defined sovereignty … order environmental harm to be cleaned up or the damaged ecosystem returned to a healthy state. Such orders, which are …
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Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… along approximately sixty-seventy miles of Vancouver Island coastline. Both vessels were owned by Sause Brothers … sewage lagoon into the waters of Koojesse Inlet on Baffin Island in the Northwest Territories. The lagoon is owned and … information concerning the impact of the wastes on the ecosystem. Legal Framework The Constitution of Chile …
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