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Notifications under the Basel Convention: national definitions of hazardous wastes and restrictions on movements of wastes
… Notifications under the Basel Convention: national definitions of hazardous wastes and restrictions on … to each other. This includes notifications of: (i) National definitions of hazardous wastes in addition to those … wastes for disposal within the area under their national jurisdiction; (d) Decisions taken by them to limit or ban the …
Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… in positive law. Principles and concepts also appear in national constitutions and laws; and they are referred to in, and influence, international and national jurisprudence. Today, almost all major binding and … the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the …
Water Law and the Environment
… of States to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction and control respect the environment of other States or of areas beyond national control is now part of the corpus of international … respect the environment of other States or of areas beyond national control. The ICJ and other tribunals have since …
Special Rapporteur on the Environment_2016 Report
… the potential to inform and strengthen international and national policymaking in the area of climate change, … practices between climate and human rights experts at the national level. Before the Paris conference, 30 countries … steps to safeguard the lives of those within its jurisdiction. 38. Above all, the Court stated, Governments …
Introduction to the Basel Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… divided into maritime zones. These comprise areas within national jurisdiction, such as the territorial sea, exclusive economic … zone and continental shelves, as well as areas beyond national jurisdiction, such as the high seas and deep seabed. …
Controlling transboundary movements of hazardous wastes
… the import of hazardous wastes or other wastes into their jurisdiction for disposal. The prohibition of importation can … hazardous wastes or other wastes: • from an area under the national jurisdiction of one State • to or through an area under the national jurisdiction of another State, or to or though an …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… judicial or other appropriate remedies at both the national and international levels and should be entitled to … the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the … of other States or of areas beyond the limits of their national jurisdiction. After Stockholm, environmental …
C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards
… implemented at the (international) basin level and at the national level of the basin states concerned. The focus is on … water resources at the basin level and within the national contexts of the states concerned. Methodology: Among … Court of International Justice (PCIJ) in the Territorial Jurisdiction of the International Commission of the River …
A1- Integrating Environmental Concerns in International Water Law
… of States to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction and control respect the environment of other States or of areas beyond national control is now part of the corpus of international … respect the environment of other States or of areas beyond national control. The ICJ and other tribunals have since …