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Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report

… and peaceful assembly have been enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on … to protect environmental and land rights, article 1 of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, … Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms — the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders — further holds that …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… 6-22 6.4.1. Principles of the Stockholm Declaration ............................. 6-22 6.4.2. Principles of the Rio Declaration......................................... 6-27 … • an Environment Fund • an Action Plan • the Stockholm Declaration Adopted by all 113 States present at the …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… 25 of 17 June 1987. See also Principle 17 of the 1992 Rio Declaration (UN Declara- tion on Environment and Development, … Millennium Development Goals (‘United Nations Millennium Declaration’, UNGA Res. 55/2 of 8 September 2000). 17 The … developmental and environmental objectives; The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (UN Declaration on …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

UN Environment Policy : Promoting Greater Protection for Environmental Defenders

… https://undocs.org/en/E/2017/43 68/181, “Promotion of the Declaration on the Right and Responsibility Promote and … • Support the implementation of and adherence to the UN Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, … rights, as well as the UN System implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous implementation of and …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders

… and peaceful assembly have been enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International … protect environmental and land rights, article 1 of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (DHRD) further holds … H E U N M A N D AT E o n H D R s S AY O N E H R D S ? The Declaration on human rights defenders recognizes the …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report

… Change. An important milestone was the Male’ A/HRC/31/52 4 Declaration on the Human Dimension of Global Climate Change, … small island developing States in November 2007. The Male’ Declaration was the first intergovernmental statement … and to the highest attainable standard of health. The Declaration requested the Human Rights Council to convene a …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

On dangerous ground _ Global Witness

… assistance is guided by the provisions set out in the UN Declaration of Human Rights Defenders15 and that this applies … are obliged to protect them as set out in the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders.23 Their work is also … 10 UN General Assembly Resolution A/RES/53/144 (1998), UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. Available from: …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Defenders of the Earth

… are obliged to protect them as set out in the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders,8 whilst business … 169 on Indigenous and Tribal PeoplesC plus the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,D and … Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,G whilst the UN Declaration on the Right to Development is clear that all …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Sources of international law (Part II) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… law was mentioned in relation to the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Namely, the provisions of the declaration, although not specifically intended to be legally …
01 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services

… was employed in an international instrument – the 1972 Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm Declaration). With regard to water-related soft-law … (Contd) Generally, however, after the 1972 Stockholm Declaration, an increasing number of international …
01 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance