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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
… for strengthening citizens’ environmental rights. The 2002 Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly … at Strasbourg on 14 October 1986. 1987 Our Common Future:5 Report by the World Commission on Environment and Development … and further development of the Convention Several special issues are worth mentioning in the context of the …
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
… at Strasbourg on 14 October 1986. 1987 Our Common Future: report by the World Commission on Environment and Development … draft principles were annexed to the final report of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, Mrs. … in the light of the Aarhus Convention. At its eleventh special session (Bali, 24–26 February 2010), the Governing …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… with IUCN members” and “... to provide a progress report to future World Conservation Congresses ... with an … 7, and 15). The convention requires States parties to take special measures to safeguard the environment of indigenous … These examples illustrate that procedural rights have special relevance for the development and implementation of …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… organizations are privately founded organizations with a special concern. This gives the civil society and private … and development planning; it also devises and institutes special projects for the less-developed countries within its …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… course has been developed in close cooperation with the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Environment, Prof. … and freedom to choose residence, the rights of children to special protection, and the right to be free from inhuman or … Brundtland Commission. The conclusions of the Brundtland Report stressed the need for an integrated approach to …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… five years of work in my role as the first United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment. They … to the UN Human Rights Council in March 2018, in my final report (UN Doc. A/HRC/37/59). The Principles set out the … them into account in their own activities. John h. Knox UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment John …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… on Environment and Development, which stated in its 1987 Report, Our Common Future, that sustainable development is … Needs As noted above, the Brundtland Commission’s Report defined sustainable development as “development that … participation or in various sectoral laws adapted to the special circumstances of each sector. Consultation with, and …