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Vessel-Based Sources of Marine Pollution - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… and safety at sea. It did not address matters concerning compensation to those who suffer financially as a result of … regimes are agreements that enable persons to receive compensation where an international shipping activity has … persons. The ship owner is strictly liable for paying compensation up to a defined limit set out under the …
A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law
… re-allocation of the resource. A key legal issue is the compensation of existing, legitimate water abstraction (and … abstractions can be scaled down by the government, without compensation, to protect a water-dependent ecosystem; under … others, protect and restore water-dependent ecosystems. Compensation is not mentioned; under the Water Act of Namibia …
Regulation of Freshwater at the Regional and Subregional Levels - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… Water and Health and the Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage caused by the Transboundary Effects … on Civil Liability The Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage caused by the Transboundary Effects … to bring a legal claim for adequate and prompt compensation. Companies can be held liable for accidents at …
Guidelines - Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
… safeguards in the design of the project, or providing compensation for adverse impacts), and finally to derive … as well as restoration or rehabilitation of sites), and compensation (often associated with residual impacts after … approach’ should be used, where avoidance has priority and compensation is used as a last resort measure. One should …
B2 - Equitable and Reasonable Use of Water Resources in Practice
… the use of waters of the basin; 10. The practicability of compensation to one or more of the co-basin States as a means … (apology, exemplary damages), restitution, and compensation. 6. Downstream Benefit Sharing The 1966 Helsinki Rules expressly include “the practicality of compensation to one or more of the co-basin States as a means …
Addressing pollution: Governance frameworks, challenges and oppotunities in the context of the 2030 Agenda
… further the international law regarding liability and compensation for the victims of pollution and other … states shall develop national law regarding liability and compensation for the victims of pollution and other … develop further international law regarding liability and compensation for adverse effects of environmental damage …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… harm and, where appropriate, to discuss the question of compensation. Refer to pages 117-122 Article 8 - General … provided to the notified States. 2. Any claim to compensation by a notified State which has failed to reply … to judicial or other procedures, or a right to claim compensation or other relief in respect of significant harm …
International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review
… verification.47 For example, the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) mandated by UN Security … Corporate and Government Claims at the United Nations Compensation Commission’, 31 Cornell International Law … and Peter H. Sand (eds), Gulf War Reparations and the UN Compensation Commission: Environmental Liability (Oxford …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… effective remedies for violations, including appropriate compensation (see A/71/281, A/66/203 and A/HRC/25/55, paras. … issue binding decisions, including for interim measures, compensation, restitution and reparation, as nec- essary to … or, if this is not possible, just, fair and equitable compensation for their lands, territories and re- sources …
MEA Negotiator’s Handbook
… • the Protocol to the Basel Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from the Transboundary … to consider and develop a draft protocol on liability and compensation . The work of this group came to an end with the … further the international law regarding liability and compensation for the victims of pollution and other …