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Land and water - the rights interface
… as a subsidiary component of land tenure rights, a right to use water often being dependant on the existence of … played in this process by water rights that define who has access to water - and who does not. It is against this … B., Ferguson, F. & Peters, P. 2002. Promoting Equitable Access to Water Resources¸ Brief No. 12, University of …
Conservation with justice - A rights-based approach
… broader guarantees of conservation as itself a right are emerging. A further challenge may arise from … the right to live in a healthy environment and to have access to basic public services. 2. The States parties shall … (Rio de Janeiro, 14 June 1992), which declares that access to information, public participation in decision …
Framework principles on Human Rights and the environment
… in cultural life and to development, as well as the right to a healthy environment itself, which is recognized in … healthy and sustainable environment. 1. See Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision- Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, art. 1; African …
Development of specific right to food legislation
… G ET STA KEH O LD ERS TRA IN IN G Development of specific right to food legislation RIGHT TO FOOD HANDBOOKS 2 LE G ISLA … to correct existing social inequalities in gaining access to food; • establish the financial mechanisms needed … people’s ability to feed themselves, and enhance people’s access to resources and their use. The framework law could …
Modern water rights : Theory and practice
… 60 8.1. The volume of water that is subject to the right ......................................... 60 8.2. … ix LIST OF ACRONYMS ACP African Caribbean and Pacific ABS Access and benefit-sharing AI Artificial Insemination AIA … been conferred on the owners of land with direct physical access to a stream, river or other natural water source. Very …
Compendium of Good Practices on Human Rights and the Environment
… Obligation to Provide Access to Legal Remedies … expression and association; (e) the obligation to provide access to legal remedies; (f) substantive obligations; (g) … Implementation, Internet, Participation, Principle 10, Right to a Healthy Environment, Rio Declaration Implementing …
Review of the compatibility of sectoral laws with the right to food
… IN G Review of the compatibility of sectoral laws with the right to food RIGHT TO FOOD HANDBOOKS 3 LE G ISLA T IO … is also essential to consider the aspects that can affect access to or ownership of the resources needed for food … any accountability mechanism to which the population has access? - Have provisions been made for appropriate sanctions …
General aspects regarding monitoring the right to food
… ERS TRA IN IN G General aspects regarding monitoring the right to food RIGHT TO FOOD HANDBOOKS 4 M O N IT O R IN G … competent authority; • being empowered and having adequate access to human, financial and organizational resources; • … to being able to exercise other rights given that access to information empowers and gives participation real …
Improving access to forest resources - Experiences in informal tenure reform from IUCN’s Livelihoods and Landscapes Strategy
… Improving access to forest resources Experiences in informal tenure … de Silva, Andrew Ingles, Gill Shepherd (2012). Improved Access to Forest Resources: Experience in informal tenure … forest products (NTFPs) within the park (including the right to establish beehives within the park). There has also …