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The burden of proof in natural resources legislation: Some critical issues for fisheries law
… personal views of the author. M-08 ISBN 92-5-104140-7 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be … social and economic behaviour, as well as to protect human life and property and to provide deterrence and … by the development of international principles protecting human rights which are also both procedural and substantive. …
An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
… 34 Article 2 General provisions 35 Box 11. Navigational rights and freedoms and transboundary movements of LMOs 37 … Declaration Declaration of the UN Conference on the Human Environment, June 16, 1972, UN Doc. A/CONF.48/14/Rev.1 … be summed up in the analysis of single articles (e.g. human health); and � to give an overview of the Protocol’s …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 2) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… is essential to protecting the environment (including human health) and is accordingly one of the most commonly … of a species of fauna or flora, erosion, loss of human life and the dumping of persistent pollutants into the … it is clear from Rio Principle 10 and international human rights norms that these communities and the individuals …
Framework for Assessing and Improving Law for Sustainability - A Legal Component of a Natural Resource Governance Framework
… bodies . . 49 Stronger administrative structures and more human and financial resources . . . . . . . . . 50 Conclusion … These challenges translate into direct impacts on human wellbeing. Poverty, hunger, water scarcity, lack of … citizens and by non-state organisations also create legal rights and responsibilities to the natural world, or to other …
The precautionary principle in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. An issues paper for policy-makers, researchers and practitioners
… objections to utilization based on, for instance, animal rights concerns. Key issues and questions for further … of serious or irreversible harm to the environment or human health in the absence of scientific certainty about … Applying precaution will usually involve restrictions on human actions: such restrictions (by definition) cannot be …
The Law of the Sea
… the mid-twentieth century, international competition over rights to harvest fisheries in outside of territorial waters … as harm to living resources and marine life hazard to human health, hindrance to marine activities, including … environment; Article 193 which preserves the sovereign rights of states to exploit their own natural resources …