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Mr. John Knox, Policy Brief_Universal Human Rights Group
… to protect are less well understood in international and domestic law, their defence of those rights may sometimes … as long as they do so in accordance with international and domestic laws. unfortunately, the incentive to pursue … find themselves at particular risk because ‘the logging trade operates in remote areas with weak law enforcement,’ …
Transitioning to a pollution-free planet
… water. However, some green technologies can also involve trade-offs, as seen with green energy, between reduced carbon … in order to stimulate technology transfer and long-term domestic economic growth. 3.2.5 Integrating policies to … environmental damage but can also generate substantial domestic public revenues. Removing fossil fuel subsidies …
Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… habits are disassociated from those most impacted locally. Trade patterns, policies and agreements can play a crucial … transport, industrial furnaces, brick kilns, agriculture, domestic solid fuel heating, and the unregulated burning of … is estimated at $252 billion (costs are expressed in 2015 domestic product (Organisation for Economic sanitation …
Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders
… land grabbing, extractive industries, industrial timber trade and large-scale development projects. Indigenous … their recognition in various international, regional, and domestic laws, those rights are often not meaningfully … d. Ensure that any future bilateral and multilateral trade agreements involving countries, where EHRDs are under …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… to seek, receive and use resources from foreign as well as domestic sources.10 When violence occurs in an otherwise … non-discrimination (framework prin- ciple 3), applicable domestic laws and international agreements (framework … should ensure that agreements facilitating international trade and invest- ment support, rather than hinder, the …
UN Treaty Handbook
… allows States time to seek approval for the treaty at the domestic level and to enact any legislation necessary to … to the treaty obligations provisionally, even though its domestic procedural requirements for international … lists of products attached to bilateral or multilateral trade agreements also fall within the limited publication …
Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report
… grabbing, extractive industries, the industrial timber trade and large-scale development projects. 19 Indigenous … their recognition in various international, regional and domestic laws, those rights are often not meaningfully … (c) Ensure that any future bilateral and multilateral trade agreements involving countries where environmental …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… engaging the environment to protection mechanisms in the domestic level. … Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade (art. 15), the Stockholm Convention on Persistent … to Environmental Protection If it is enforceable in domestic courts, a constitutional right to a healthy …