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The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and overseas environmental crimes: How did we get here and what happens next?

… of persons acting corruptly on their behalf. In addition, liability may be triggered if a company covered by the FCPA … in China and Latin America.31 To avoid undue risks of liability for the actions of third parties or others, a …
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Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation

… provisions in Australia 198 Box III(1)-13: Corporate liability in New South Wales, Australia 199 Box III(1)-14: … the law. This status is critical to protect them from liability for actions performed in the course of their … officers to protect against external threats and liability in the performance of their duties, including …
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Water as a human right?

… Ibid. at 274. 137 e.g. International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage (1970) making ship-owners … against offending ships; Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy (1960) imposing liability on operators of nuclear installations; Vienna …
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Earth Rights: The Theory

… correlates with Duty, Liberty with No-Right, Power with Liability and Immunity with Disability. 42 Immanuel Kant, … For example, in France there is a provision for criminal liability for omissions. See further Andrew Ashworth and Eva …
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Report on the technical assistance needs of developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition for the implementation of the Basel Convention and the technical assistance available from developed country Parties and others

… Waste minimization 26.7% 25% 22.2% 50% 21.4% Accidents, liability and compensation 22.2% 12.5% 22.2% 16.7% 35.7% … and disposer) (42.2%). 2. Illegal traffic, accidents, liability and compensation 17. Respondents were asked to …
17 Jun 2026 Document

Compliance-Related Texts and Decisions of Selected Multilateral Environmental Agreements

… 2.3.3 Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from … enviRonmental agReementsviii 7.2 Enforcement and Liability … or during the disposal of those wastes. 2.3.3 Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from … III/2 and IV/19 concerning the adoption of a protocol on liability and compensation, Recalling its decisions I/7 and …
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Energy law and sustainable development

… oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound. The subsequent liability agreement included a US$900 million civil … interest attorneys who will work for contingency fees; no liability for defendants' attorney costs; the world's most extensive pretrial discovery; strict liability laws; the award of damages for many more types of …
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Legal and institutional frameworks for sustainable soils: A preliminary report

… Proposal 71 6. Issues Related to Responsibility and Liability under International Law 72 7. Overview of Existing … on soil”. 6. Issues Related to Responsibility and Liability under International Law In international law, … another State.179 At present, public international law on liability is under- developed, both generally and on the …
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MEA Negotiator’s Handbook

… issues – capacity-building, fi nancial mechanism s, liability provisions and differential obligations – that … adopted in 1998) • the Protocol to the Basel Convention on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from the … experts to consider and develop a draft protocol on liability and compensation . The work of this group came to …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Review of the Legal and Policy Framework for Transboundary Natural Resource Management in Southern Africa

… This is more of a duty of diligence than one of strict liability. The principle of good neighbourliness may be … This principle is the corner stone of environmental liability. Where an action has unwanted consequences the … costs. In keeping with principles of criminal and civil liability, the originator principle demands that the person …
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