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The status of climate change litigation - A global review

… permission with a statement of purpose should be addressed to the Communications Division, UN Environment Programme, … 3.1.1 Standing … the claims raised—turns on questions of the plaintiff’s standing and on the court’s role relative to that of the … commitments and that statute also authorizes citizens to sue for noncompliance, the task of applying the law to the …
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Compendium of Summaries of Judgments in Environmen Related Cases

… INTRODUCTION The Compendium has been developed in response to requests made by Chief Justices and senior Judges of over … 3, 8 Feasibility Study Sri Lanka 2 Venezuela 2 Financial Standing India 31 Fire Prevention Measures Canada 4 Fishing … Uganda 1 Right to property (see Property Rights) Right to Sue (See Locus Standi) River Diversion India 1 Kenya 2 Rock …
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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 … 37 Box 11 Reviewing EIAs 39 Box 12 Public Interest Standing 46 Box 13 Assessing Scientific Evidence 51 Box 14 … the port authority was deemed to lack standing to sue for damages for cleaning up the port of Mombasa after oil …
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Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty

… vii Preface ix 1 Helping make rights a reality: support to the judiciary in implementing Mozambique’s new natural … information, as well as unclear legitimacy and legal standing of the organizations involved in PIL processes are … that may be more significant in larger cases: standing-to-sue and financial and procedural barriers among them. Article …
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