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Defenders of the Earth
… Executive Summary 6 > 10 Key Findings 7 > Who needs to do what? 7 2016: More deaths in more countries 8 Key … which can’t always be met by a review of public information or through local contacts. Shrinking space for … before national parks are created, and face restricted access to their lands and resources, upon which their lives …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment About the course … under the InforMEA Project. InforMEA is steered by the MEA Information and Knowledge Management (IKM) Initiative with … obligations used to protect the environment, including access to information, public participation, and access to …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… part of a course in the InforMEA e-learning platform, go to https://elearning.informea.org to take the complete course … of international environmental law Site: UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION PORTAL ON MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS … Sovereignty 5. Transparency, Public Participation and Access to Information and Remedies Public participation …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… THE ENVIRONMENT The main human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable … healthy and sustainable environment. 1. See Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision- Making and …
Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… and 1992 Rio Declarations focus on the human right to a safe and clean environment. The Stockholm Declaration … and resolutions also enable the exchange of resources and information as well as the sharing of technologies and best … Fuel sulfur content Public transport Non-solid fuels access Cook/heating stoves No. of Countries0 193 Countries …
Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group
… defenders (EHrDs) are individuals and groups who ‘strive to protect and promote human rights relating to the … human rights to freedom of expression and association, to information, to participation in decision-making, and to … is worsening in large part because ‘competition for access to natural resources is intensifying against a …
International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review
… Environmental Agreements, which was held from 21 November to 1 December 2016 in Joensuu, Finland. The special theme of … at equipping present and future negotiators of MEAs with information and experiences of others in the area of … Course participants and a wider audience, who are able to access these publications through the internet.1 Since each …
Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders
… the situation of human rights defenders they spoke truth to power and were murdered in cold blood analysis on the … the report draws from primary and secondary sources of information : Expert meeting on the situation of EHRDs on 4-5 … and institutional framework fight against impunity and access to justice establishment of a strong national human …