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Multilateral Environmental Agreements - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS Course:Introductory course to International Environmental Law Book: Book – Multilateral … of a multilateral instrument. Usually an existing international organization such as the United Nations or an entity such as …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders_2016 Report

… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 C. Boosting regional and international support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … by both State and non-State actors. Nevertheless, international human rights law makes it clear that business … Convention, 1989 (No. 169) of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Furthermore, the Declaration on the …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda

… sharing of technologies and best practices for controlled international trade; they also promote international partnerships to address pollution, including … Nations Environment Programme and World Meteorological Organization 2011). Specific air pollution-related …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Union. The MEA IKM initiative currently includes 43 international and regional legally binding instruments from … 18 Secretariats hosted by four UN organizations and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). … getting worse (A/68/262). Global Witness, a civil society organization, reported in 2014 that over 900 environmental …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services

… the principle of ecosystem protection and preservation in international water law. It highlights related provisions … to integrated water resources management in domestic and international law. The class also considers increasing … (from payer to payee) or indirect (through a government organization), and are based on contractual arrangements. …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Guide for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… CBD Convention on Biological Diversity CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and … of the Parties IGO Inter-Governmental Organisation INC International Negotiating Committee JWG Joint Working Group … to act on behalf of his or her government or other organization, for example, an ambassador). An enabling …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Towards a Pollution Free Planet - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… Nor is action to counter it. A substantial framework of international conventions and national laws has been … poses a direct threat to respecting, protecting and international human rights obligations related to health, … compounds and pharmaceuticals, Source: World Health Organization 2011a Towards a Pollution-Free Planet including …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… Paul Stanton Kibel Scope: This class focuses on how international water law principles relate to the construction … dams on fisheries/aquatic habitat and fishers; (3) international environmental impact assessment obligations … regulated by a particular regional fishery management organization. Article 11 of the UN Straddling Stocks Treaty …
22 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment

… are further supported by State practice, including in international environmental instruments and before human … should be accepted as a reflection of actual or emerging international human rights law. I chose the name “Framework … standards, such as those promulgated by the World Health Organization; C The standard should take into account the …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment

… Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species and the International Association for Impact Assessment. ISBN: … Secretariat of the Convention on Migratory Species or the International Association for Impact Assessment concerning … Many of the case studies were provided by members of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA). …
22 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance