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No Significant Harm and Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment

… take the complete course and obtain your certificate. C2 - No Significant Harm and Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment … principles that govern the implementation of the no-harm rule, namely the obligation of notification and consultation, … No Significant Harm and Transboundary Environmental Impact …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards

… take the complete course and obtain your certificate. C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards Author: … significant harm is also known as the “no significant harm rule”. This obligation is widely considered, together with … C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide

… fisheries and industrial water users. “I have absolutely no doubt that this User’s Guide will quickly become an … 116 Article 7 | Obligation Not to Cause Significant Harm 117 7.1 Commentary 117 7.1.1 All appropriate measures … Environmental Law and Policy 337. Iza A and Stein R, eds, Rule – Reforming Water Governance (IUCN 2009). Paisely RK, …
25 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

D2 - Dams, Ecosystems and Fisheries

… Needs (Contd) 5.3. Avoidance of Significant Environmental Harm 5.4. Avoidance of Significant Environmental Harm (Contd) 6. Environmental Impact Assessment Obligations … associated with these dams often generate little or no greenhouse gases. The inclusion of on-stream …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

A1- Integrating Environmental Concerns in International Water Law

… of activities posing a risk of causing transboundary harm; and the obligation to avoid causing significant transboundary harm through the medium of international watercourses. … ICJ, in particular, are of key importance because there is no more authoritative source than the Court on what …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… 43 3.2.2. No significant harm … environmental protection relate to the principles of no significant harm, protection of watercourses and their ecosystems, …
25 May 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

D1 - Ecosystem Approach and Ecosystem Services

… it appears that the article goes beyond transboundary harm: States have the duty to protect ecosystems even where there is no direct threat of significant harm to another State,[4] and … in this regard[3]. The UNWC further provides that “no use of an international watercourse enjoys inherent …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-Navigational Uses of International Watercourses - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… utilisation 5. Obligation Not to Cause Significant Harm 6. General Obligation to Cooperate 7. Regular Exchange … and reasonable manner; Duty to prevent significant harm to other riparian states; and Obligation to provide … 5. Obligation Not to Cause Significant Harm Another fundamental principle governing states’ conduct …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Marine and Freshwater

B2 - Equitable and Reasonable Use of Water Resources in Practice

… of the key principles of international water law – the “no harm” principle. A watercourse State has a right to equitable … (Contd) The consequences for a State that violates a rule of international law are dealt with under the rules of …
25 May 2026 Course lesson in Environmental Governance

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

… this lesson you will be able to: Explain how environmental harm can interfere with the enjoyment of human rights. … of the close relationship between them, there is yet no international consensus on the legal status of the … respects due process guarantees. While the ICESCR has no provision comparable to article 2(3) of the ICCPR, it has …
01 Mar 2017 Course lesson in Environmental Governance