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Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… of their rights in the context of nature and natural resource use. 4. Incorporate guidelines and tools in project … and community rights, such as the rights to life, health, water, food, and nondiscrimination.2 Countermeasures that aim … Art. 21 includes the right of enjoyment of pollution-free water and air for full enjoyment of life”. Subhash Kumar v. …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… to fulfil individual’s human rights to life, health, water, food, work, culture, development, access to … to life, health, an adequate standard of living, food, water, housing, self-determination and means of subsistence, … the CESCR adopted General Comment No. 15 on the right to water. Article 1 states that “The human right to water is …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… standard of living, to adequate food, to safe drinking water and sanitation, to housing, to participation in … rights, including their rights to life, health, food and water. Like directly discriminatory measures, such indirect … surrounding the ope- rations of mining, forestry or other resource extraction companies are unjustifi able (see …
Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… environment across a wide range of sectors, including air, water, biodiversity, waste management, chemicals, and … throughout the EU. Many other measures, such as the Water Framework Directive, are largely a result of the EU’s … and maintain a sound ecological balance in the air, water, and soil. The Organization for Security and …
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
… European Environmental Bureau (EEB), the members of the resource Group or their organizations. ECE/CEP/72 iii … Senior Advisers to ECE Governments on En- vironmental and Water Problems (which later became the Committee on … Convention on the Protection and Use of the Transboundary Water- courses and International Lakes, adopted at Helsinki …
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
… increasing energy demands, rapid urbanization, and air and water pollution. The Guide is an essential reference for … Senior Advisers to ECE Governments on Environmental and Water Problems (which later became the Committee on … • The establishment of an Environmental Law Resource Centre, which has subsequently organized the …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… the long-term impact of its activities and to sustain the resource base and the global environment for the benefit of … in the preamble of the 1992 UNFCCC, the 1999 Protocol on Water and Health to the Convention on the Protection and Use …