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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
… with the financial support of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS New York and … identifiable as a specific ecosystem (a dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their … should be given to national law provisions (1) when plant vari- eties may be harmful from the point of view of …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… “… social equity cannot be achieved without the promotion, protection and guarantee of all human rights…” It therefore … area, and the municipal- ity will benefit from the methane plant’s revenue. Sources: CDM, “Durban … require extensive consultations, such as a thermal power plant gas-steam combined cycle project using natural gas in …
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
… It links government accountability and environmental protection. It focuses on interactions between the public and … In the 2006 case of Giacomelli v. Italy, which concerned a plant for the treatment of toxic industrial waste, the ECHR … by the noise and odours generated by a waste-treatment plant, the Court stated that “severe environmental pollution …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… norms are relevant to human rights and environ- mental protection, and nothing in the frame work principles should … or undermining standards that provide higher levels of protection under national or international law. 6 HUMAN … environment. 1 2 4 Human rights and environmental protection are interdependent. A safe, clean, healthy and …