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Accountability through Civic Participation in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

… Case study of an integrated accountability mechanism: the Committee on World Food Security 53 Acronyms 56 ContEnts … accountability mechanism, based on the World Food Security Committee. part iv considers the potential role of … review mechanisms — the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR), UN …
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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

… from the findings of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee, a unique body inspired by human rights treaty … . . . . . . . . . 10 List of Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … LLD, is Chair of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (2011 to present) and a member of the Committee
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Women’s participation and gender considerations in country representation, planning and reporting to the BRS Conventions

… Plan COP Conference of the Parties CRC Chemical Review Committee EGI Environment and Gender Information ERS … Hexabromocyclododecane ICC Implementation and Compliance Committee IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature … Pollutant POPRC Persistent Organic Pollutant Review Committee SDGs Sustainable Development Goals SGP Small Grants …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… rights would be devoid of meaning. The UN Human Rights Committee has said that it is a right that should not be … hunger, which is closely linked to the right to life. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), … that remedies be available for victims of violations. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has noted, …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Governance of Shared Waters - Legal and Institutional Issues

… specific issues. At the London Conference in 2000, the Committee on Water Resources presented a consolidation of the … Berlin Conference, held in August 2004, the Water Rights Committee presented a new set of rules entitled the ILA Rules … General Assembly11, commissioned the International Law Committee (hereinafter the ILC)12 to prepare a study related …
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Wildlife law and the empowerment of the poor

… out in article 21), which involves the assistance of a committee made up of representatives of member states … establishes the following bodies at the EU level: the Committee on Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora, which is charged … of the poor operators. It was adopted by the Standing Committee to the Bern Convention in November 2007, with the …
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Transboundary Water Governance - Adaptation to Climate Change

… Management,” Global Water Partnership Technical Advisory Committee, Background Paper No. 4. 73 GWP (2000), supra note … Basin. This led to formalisation of a joint technical committee on IWRM, and a commitment to establish a basin … support and re-organisation of the Basin Coordinating Committee, transboundary cooperation has also been …
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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

… The project took shape under the guidance of a Steering Committee made up of Kaj Bärlund (UN/ECE), Jesper Hermansen … En- vironmental and Water Problems (which later became the Committee on Environmen- tal Policy) identified public … be considered. At its meeting on 17 January 1996, the Committee on Environmental Policy es- tablished the Ad Hoc …
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Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… at the national level. 2. See, for example, Human Rights Committee, general comment No. 6 (1982) on the right to life, para. 5. 3. See, for example, Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, general … an equal footing, of all rights and freedoms. Human Rights Committee, general comment No. 18 (1989) on …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Unit 2 - the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

… Compliance In 2001, the MOP established the Implementation Committee to review compliance and assist Parties to meet … under the Convention and, more recently, the Protocol. The Committee considers submissions made by the MOP, one or more … concerned with its own compliance (self-referral). The Committee can take the initiative based on information …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance