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Factsheet on Human Rights and the Environment

… information, public participation in decision- making and access to justice. The implementation of the post-2015 … On occasion, human rights mechanisms have addressed the right to a healthy environment directly, but mainly they have … disruption of normal living conditions, and loss of access to basic services. On the other hand, conflicts can …
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Dramatic growth in laws to protect environment, but widespread failure to enforce, finds report

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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 ARTICLE 11: RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … shall ensure that all persons have a right of effective access to administrative and judicial procedures, including … sustainable livelihoods, in particular by increasing access to and control over resources, including land; d) …
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Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources

… availability of water. Water quality reveals everything, right or wrong, that we do. Its abundance is an indicator of … without cost recovery objectives becoming a barrier to access to safe water by poor people, and adopt”. This call … availability of a “one-stop shop” where they could gain access to reference material that provides them with …
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Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 3.4.1. Human right to water … 3.4.2. Procedural human rights: Rights to access to information, free speech, free assembly, participation and access to justice .............55 3.4.3. Rights of Indigenous … ........................................106 5.7.5. Human right to water …
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Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Sovereignty 5. Transparency, Public Participation and Access to Information and Remedies Public participation Access to information Remedies Examples Environmental Impact … Principle 3 of the 1992 Rio Declaration states that “The right to development must be fulfilled so as to equitably …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Pastoralism and the Green Economy - a natural nexus?

… linking government with customary institutions, improving access to equitable markets, strengthening access to healthcare and education, especially by women. … and governance over rangeland resources, recognising the right to manage resources. In many cases this will require …
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Conservation and sustainable development in mountain areas

… but also adjacent lowlands (Edmund Barrow). (Top right) The introduction of modern technologies has led to the … mountain people in developing countries have little or no access to educational opportunities that could improve their … the need to extract raw materials and to provide military access to frontier areas – which are often along mountain …
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Sustainably Investing in Rangelands - Jordan

… of DM forage production in Steppe and Badia areas in open access situations (100 resp. 40 kg/ha) 3 Production in … (Hafeer and earth dams) were used to exclude areas with no access: 181< 140 sub-watersheds • Topography and vegetation … of rangelands in Jordan are treasury lands where the right of use is guaranteed or secured for local communities …
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UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development

… Grow Act Box 17: Waste minimization design Tables Table 1: Right to a clean and healthy environment and obligation of … this Article places an obligation on the state to provide access to information. 22 In Belgium, Article 7 of Belgium’s … this article places an obligation on the state to provide access to information. 23 The constitution of East Timor …
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