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International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… and local communities, the procedures for its Compliance Committee included a number of innovative provisions on the … in member coun- tries worldwide.28 Perhaps the longest-standing and most elaborate initiative of this kind is the … of all trade in CITES-listed species) imposed by the Standing Committee.33 Since 1992, trade bans for inadequate …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Compliance under biodiversity - related conventions

… the Secretariat, as well as the Scientific Committees and Standing Committee, not only supervise but also monitor national … the brink of extinction • CITES (through Secretariat, COP, Standing or Scientific Committees) may suggest establishing …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… of the Chair ............................. 3-32 3.2.1.6.5. Committee of the whole ....................... 3-32 … but may address due process, the role of experts, standing, triggers, application, and in some cases (e.g., … for the Rotterdam Convention provide that meetings of standing subsidiary bodies are public and those of ad hoc …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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, … educa- tional process. It should increase students’ under- standing of the close relationship between humans and nature, … access such as language, illiteracy, expense and distance. Standing should be construed broadly, and States should rec- …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group

… she worked with the Proceso de mujeres maciceñas in the Committee for macizo-Colombian integration, and participated … can contribute to a culture in which those seen to be standing against ‘development’ projects are characterised as … in the us, amy goodman, a journalist reporting on the standing rock protests in 2016 against an oil pipeline, was …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Defenders of the Earth

… BNDES 32 Criminalisation: A global phenomenon 35 > The US: Standing Rock and the suppression of protest 36 MOVING … the coal mines. Rinchin says: “In July there were women standing in pouring rain for seven days, eating and sitting … raft of other guidance exists. We would highlight: The UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial discrim- …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

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 … to justice, “States should provide broad interpretation of standing in proceedings concerned with environmental … of Brazil’s constitution states that “any citizen has standing to bring a popular action to annul an act injurious …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Multilateral Environmental Agreements - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Multilateral Environmental Agreements Forum Time Committee or conference Governments Non-state actors First … the draft Convention on Cloning was tabled in the Sixth Committee of the General Assembly by Germany and France. A … established body - the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (“INC”). It is also possible to conduct the …
19 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… for Training and Research (UNITAR) based on its long-standing course “International Environmental Governance” a … primarily through the work of its Environment Policy Committee, the Joint Working Parties on Agriculture, and the …
01 Sep 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Compliance mechanisms in MEAs: Theory and (some) practice

… 14.3 “If a compliance matter has not been resolved, the Standing Committee decides to take one or more of the following …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance