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The status of climate change litigation - A global review
… the European Convention on Human Rights; the “no harm” principle of international law; the doctrine of hazardous negligence; the principle of fairness, the precautionary principle, and the sustainability principle … UNFCCC; and the principle of a high protection level, the precautionary principle, and the prevention principle …
The long and winding road: negotiating a treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction
… and to effectively apply an ecosystem approach and the precautionary approach in the management, in accordance with … and are governed by the longstanding freedom of the seas principle. Dutch jurist Hugo Grotius formulated the principle … the application of modern legal principles, such as the precautionary principle. An emblematic example of such …
The valuation of ecosystem services: Are the challenges too many to ensure the maintenance of ecosystem integrity?
… such as the principles of sustainable development, the precautionary principle and the ‘polluter pays’ principle. The problem that … Based on this report, the government, applying the precautionary principle, rejected the exploitation plans of …
RAMSAR Handbook 3: Laws and institutions
… wetland functions, values and benefits and incorporate a precautionary approach? d) Is there a legal basis to … or other compensation, consistent with the polluter pays principle? f) Are civil or administrative law remedies … • activities affecting wetlands should be governed by the precautionary principle where knowledge of ecological …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… responsibility | State responsibility is a fundamental principle of international law, providing that whenever one … the notion of protection is therefore the need to adopt a precautionary approach. Such an approach provides that where … to prevent environmental degradation.318 Pursuant to the precautionary principle, a proportionate approach should be …
On dangerous ground _ Global Witness
… Commission’s framework to provide emergency protection (“precautionary measures”) for human rights defenders17 ▶ The … (accessed 19 April 2016) 17 For information on IACHR precautionary measures see https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/decisions/ precautionary.asp (accessed 19 April 2016) 18 For information …
Guidebook for policy and legislative development on conservation and sustainable use of freshwater resources
… limited to legal issues. It addresses such issues as the precautionary principle, adaptive management, and the importance of data … well-known examples of such general principles are the precautionary approach, the principle of avoided harm, and …
Protection of the deep ocean ecosystem and biodiversity from the threats of sea bed mining
… by the 16th IUCN General Assembly (Madrid, 1984), and Principle 15 of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and … exploration or seabed mining; and c. the adoption of precautionary and ecosystem approaches, including the precautionary principle, to protect the marine environment …
International environmental governance: An international regime for protected areas
… intellectual property rights protected products; n the precautionary approach, enabling states to take restrictive … financing for protected areas, and its relationship to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities … 10 5 For example, the Polluter Pays principle and the Precautionary principle provide the framework within which …