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Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Part IX. RESPONSIBILITY AND LIABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 ARTICLE 59: LIABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 ARTICLE 65: EXCEPTIONS TO LIABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
Energy law and sustainable development
… oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound. The subsequent liability agreement included a US$900 million civil … interest attorneys who will work for contingency fees; no liability for defendants' attorney costs; the world's most extensive pretrial discovery; strict liability laws; the award of damages for many more types of …
Case studies on bioenergy policy and law: options for sustainability
… production and consumption, the preservation of nature and liability for damage to the environment are held concurrently … provisions on protected species. The Environmental Liability Act of 2007 (RT I 2007, 62, 396) transposes Directive 2004/35/EC on environmental liability for the prevention and 68 An English translation is …
Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability
… on Water and Health]; and the 2003 Protocol on Civil Liability, Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the … in force), http://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/env/civil-liability/documents/ protocol_e.pdf [hereinafter ECE Protocol …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… Financial instruments shall be credits, bonds, civil liability insurance, funds and trusts when their objectives … include administrative and criminal sanctions, and civil liability. Criminal sanctions are the most common. Also … procedures in emergency situations relating to dams, and liability provisions. Some legislation contains separate …
UNEP’s Compendium of Innovative Laws: promoting Green Economy & Sustainable Development
… Court applied the principle in conjunction with strict liability. In one of India’s landmark cases, Indian Council … to compensate for loss caused to any other person. 155 The liability is not limited to compensation for victims of the … sanctions, administrative, civil and criminal liability. Relevant innovative instruments 1) Incentives: The …
Sustainable tourism in protected areas: Guidelines for planning and management
… over their operations; � mechanisms to cover injury liability affecting tourists and residents; � mechanisms … simple as the pain of a twisted ankle or as complex as a liability claim ending in a lawsuit. Risk is often expressed … quality visitor experiences and to limit their exposure to liability. Source: Parks Canada, 2002. Sustainable Tourism in …
GEO yearbook 2003
… A negotiating group of legal and technical experts on liability and redress for damages resulting from … ● Integrate the precautionary, life cycle, partnership, liability and accountability approaches. The statement urges … the danger. An Annex to the Environmental Protocol for liability for damage to the Antarctic environment has yet to …