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

… is closely linked to the right to life. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR), the body of … to oversee compliance with the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), considers that … Protection: The Aarhus Convention is a regional instrument on the rights to access of information, …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… Article explanation of the text of this global framework instrument. In so doing, the Guide explains the meaning and … parties – watercourse state and others 84 2.1.6 Regional economic organisations 85 2.1.7 Natural and legal persons 85 … 261 34.1.2 All states formula 262 34.1.3 Regional economic integration organisations 262 34.3 Additional …
27 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… necessary to manage the complex of interrelated social, economic and environmental issues. We needed to elaborate the … is the worst form of pollution.’ Conversely, sustainable economic development is the only way we can provide for … by international law, whether embodied in a single instrument or in two or more related instruments (e.g. …
27 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

White Paper - Regional Seas Governance

… 3-4 July 2014 Governance Paper For environmental and economic reasons, this document is printed in a limited … jurisdiction COP Conference of the Parties EEZ exclusive economic zone EIA environmental impact assessment EU European … The main differences between an RFMO’s constitutive instrument and an Arrangement are that the latter does not …
27 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

Introduction to International Environmental Governance (IEG) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… take many forms. It may take the form of a legally binding instrument, such as a treaty, when there is a need for clear … affirmed that ‘non-military sources of instability in the economic, social, humanitarian and ecological fields have … (WMO) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is the UN’s principal …
01 Sep 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

International Environmental law-making and Diplomacy Review

… COP decisions, depending on the provisions of the primary instrument. She further stresses that the legal character of … Rüdiger Wolfrum (ed.), Enforcing Environmental Standards: Economic Mechanisms as Viable Means? (Springer, 1996) … on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, 2004) 97-117 at 104. 9 Peter …
27 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

UN Treaty Handbook

… 6 3.2.1 Signature of a treaty without an instrument of full powers .................. 6 3.2.2 … participation to “[c]ountries that are members of the Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE), regional economic integration organizations that are set up by ECE …
27 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

A2 - Integrating Environmental Concerns in National Water Law

… One or more components of this mix of regulatory and economic instruments is reflected in contemporary water laws. … the environment of certain substances, and to provide for economic incentives and disincentives to prevent …
27 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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

… management plans or the equivalent (United Nations Economic and Social Council 2017). Figure 17: Ongoing actions … less-polluting and nature-based technologies also offers economic and employment opportunities. Renewable energy … Environment (Stockholm Declaration (1972) was the first instrument to recognize the impact of pollution in water, …
27 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Principles and concepts of international environmental law (Part 1) - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… to protect the environment, achieve peace, and accomplish economic development, are interdependent. Principles 4 and 25 … on Social Development, which introduction states that “economic development, social development and environmental … mutually reinforcing pillars of sustainable development (economic development, social development and environmental …
27 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance