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United Nations Environment Programme access-to-information policy

… Environment Assembly United Nations Environment Programme access-to-information policy Note by the secretariat 1. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) access-to-information policy, established by the Executive … or entities with whom it cooperates. 16. UNEP reserves the right, under extraordinary circumstances (for instance when …
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Water as a human right?

… IUCN Environmental Law Programme Water as a Human Right? The World Conservation UnionThe World Conservation … target of halving the proportion of people who do not have access to basic sanitation by 2015. The WSSD recognised the … water and almost two and a half billion live without access to sanitation systems.2 An estimated 14 to 30 thousand …
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The right to food within the international framework of human rights and country constitutions

… G A SSESSM EN T BU D G ET STA KEH O LD ERS TRA IN IN G The right to food within the international framework of human … or in community with others, has physical and economic access at all times to adequate food or means for its … time at all places. Accessibility All people should have access, both economic and physical, to sufficient amounts of …
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Earth Rights: The Theory

… 2. Fundamental rights of Mother Earth Mother Earth has the right to exist, to persist and to continue the vital cycles, … rights and freedoms of all beings Every being has: (a) the right to exist; (b) the right to habitat or a place to be; (c) the right to …
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Addressing the problems of access : Protecting sources, while giving users certainty

… Addressing the Problems of Access: Protecting Sources, While Giving Users Certainty ABS … Policy and Law Paper No. 67/1 Addressing the Problems of Access: Protecting Sources, While Giving Users Certainty … Simply put, one cannot build a struc- ture without the right tools – and having the tools is meaningless without …
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Beyond access : Exploring implementation of the fair and equitable sharing commitment in the CBD

… Beyond Access: Exploring Implementation of the Fair and Equitable … IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 67/2 Beyond Access: Exploring Implementation of the Fair and Equitable … Simply put, one cannot build a struc- ture without the right tools – and having the tools is meaningless without …
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Legislating for property rights in fisheries

… 3 Open Access … 12 Fisheries Access Regimes … 89 The Right to Legislate for Fisheries … 126 4. Nature and Characteristics of the Right .................................. 126 Rights as … fish in tidal waters has been supplanted by limitations on access to the stocks, particularly for commercial fishers. …
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Factsheet on Human Rights and the Environment

… information, public participation in decision- making and access to justice. The implementation of the post-2015 … On occasion, human rights mechanisms have addressed the right to a healthy environment directly, but mainly they have … disruption of normal living conditions, and loss of access to basic services. On the other hand, conflicts can …
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Procedures for monitoring the right to food

… STA KEH O LD ERS TRA IN IN G Procedures for monitoring the right to food RIGHT TO FOOD HANDBOOKS 5 M O N IT O R IN … are factors that limit the stable physical or economic access to adequate food, paying special attention to people … taken in a transparent manner and whether everyone has had access to necessary information. Accountability The …
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The human right to water and sanitation

… WCC-2012-Res-098-EN The human right to water and sanitation AWARE that humans depend on … halving by 2015 the proportion of people who do not have access to basic sanitation (World Summit on Sustainable … of the vital role of ecosystem services in securing access to and maintaining the quality and quantity of water …
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