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Mr. Michael Frost, Analysis on the situation of Environmental Human Rights Defenders
… activities. It is the duty of the State to respect the right of everyone to promote and protect a safe, clean, … and institutional framework fight against impunity and access to justice establishment of a strong national human … actor’s respect and support of the work of defenders access to united nations bodies special attention to women …
Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
… farmers’ traditional knowledge relevant to PGRFA, their right to share in benefits, and to participate in decision- … human rights, such as those related to land tenure, access to water and mineral resources, health care, education … establishment of registries, licensing mechanisms and access and benefit sharing initiatives. The promotion of …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… prohibited without prior written permission of the copy- right holder. Citation: Greiber, T. (Ed.) 2006. Judges and … (PIL). Nevertheless, insufficient rules on public access to and sharing of environmental information, as well … ical, economic and social realities, seeks to improve access to and secure possession of land by local communities …
Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment - extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… obligations used to protect the environment, including access to information, public participation, and access to justice. At the end of this lesson you will be able … development in their area, the communities’ right to participation and right to information are being …
Compendiums on Human Rights and the Environment - Selected International legal materials and cases (Advanced Version)
… Declaration on the Right to Development 1986 … Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable … Aarhus Convention on Access to information, Public Participation in … ultimately move towards recognition of a fundamental human right to a healthy environment. baCkground in 1972, the …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… ix 3 17 45 99 151 213 241 287 FOREWORD Ensuring secure access to land is a key element of protecting the right to food of rural populations that depend on agriculture … and often unwilling to tackle issues such as women’s access to and control over land, which remains discriminatory …
Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… of Human Rights, which guarantees to everyone "the right to the protection of the moral and material interests … for creators but the enhancement of social welfare through access to the ideas and information contained in their … in which consumers or second- generation creators may access and use intellectual property products for socially …
Report Advisory Body 'Our common dignity initiative on Rights-based Approaches in World Heritage'
… law and practice. The UDHR proclaims: ’Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the … on how efforts in the areas of transparency, information access, consultation, accountability, governance and remedial … fuTuRE sTEPs RIghtS-BASed APPROACheS IN WORld heRItAge 9 ACCEss TO InfORmATIOn - TRAnsPAREnCy ■ Openness of …