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No Significant Harm and Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment
… take the complete course and obtain your certificate. C2 - No Significant Harm and Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment … principles that govern the implementation of the no-harm rule, namely the obligation of notification and consultation, …
C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards
… take the complete course and obtain your certificate. C1 - No Significant Harm, Pollution Prevention and Quality Standards Author: … significant harm is also known as the “no significant harm rule”. This obligation is widely considered, together with …
Rule: Reforming water governance
… Rule – Reforming water governance Effective water governance … achieve a system of effective water governance. There is no blueprint solution. Achieving a balance of capacity … and protect water quality. Avoiding environmental harm before it occurs is a neces- sary feature of new water …
World Declaration on the Environmental Rule of Law
… 1 IUCN World Declaration on the Environmental Rule of Law The IUCN World Congress on Environmental Law, … 29 April 2016, With the goal of building the environmental rule of law as the legal foundation for environmental … that judges and courts play in building the environmental rule of law through the effective application of laws at …
International trade rules and the agriculture sector: selected implementation issues
… international obligations in the agricultural sector. No doubt, evidence has and continues to be gathered to show … trade to bring under the international treaty rule discipline of the GATT" 8) and that it posed the most … there was the danger of "devastating" and "irreparable" harm for the domestic industry "likely to seriously undermine …
Judges and the rule of law. Creating the links: Environment, human rights and poverty
… Judges and the Rule of Law Creating the Links: Environment, Human Rights and … November 2004 IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 60 The designation of geographical entities in this book, … the dumping of radio-active waste at sea may result in harm not only to aquatic life but to land-based resources …
UN Watercourses Convention User’s Guide
… fisheries and industrial water users. “I have absolutely no doubt that this User’s Guide will quickly become an … 116 Article 7 | Obligation Not to Cause Significant Harm 117 7.1 Commentary 117 7.1.1 All appropriate measures … Environmental Law and Policy 337. Iza A and Stein R, eds, Rule – Reforming Water Governance (IUCN 2009). Paisely RK, …
Judicial handbook on environmental law
… Environment Programme, 2005 ISBN: 92-807-2555-6 Job No: DPD/0641/NA This publication can be ordered from UNEP’s … and focuses on the role of the courts in furthering the rule of law in the environmental arena. Part B, entitled, … concerns. Some decisions involving pollution weigh the harm to the individuals against the economic benefits of the …
Draft International Covenant on Environment and Development - Implementing Sustainable Development - Fifth Edition: Updated text (4th Revision)
… www.i-c-e-l.org IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 31 Rev. 4 Draft International Covenant on Environment and … 72 ARTICLE 18: TRANSFER OR TRANSFORMATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HARM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 … Want” and the Sustainable Development Goals; Affirming the rule of law and the need for good governance at all levels in …
Gaps in international environmental law and environment-related instruments: towards a global pact for the environment - Report of the Secretary-General
… gaps and deficiencies at multiple levels. First, there is no single overarching normative framework that sets out what … environmental law is sparse. The existence of a rule of customary international law requires that there be a … Smelter arbitration,15 the prevention of transboundary harm has been framed as a principle in foundational …