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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Environmental rights"”.
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Environmental Rights
… I address the claim that theories of moral rights are incompatible with environmental concerns. This claim is often made on the grounds that rights are too individualistic and human-centred. I attempt to answer this, not on the grounds that it misrepresents all theories of rights or that …
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The implementation of procedural environmental rights: the BTC case study on the implementation of procedural environmental rights
… to the implementation and exercise of procedural environmental rights. The BTC Pipeline was constructed to transport oil from Azerbaijan, through Georgia, to Turkey. More specifically, this dissertation aims to examine: the obligations of state with regard to the implementation of procedural …
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The conflict between property rights and environmental rights under constitutional law
… for the international protection of human rights after the Second World War. The protection and the management of the environment has become one of the central questions on a global level and the survival of mankind can only be guaranteed if the international community - as well as the …
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Indigenous Environmental Rights, Participation and Lithium Mining in Argentina and Bolivia: A Socio-Legal Analysis
… Salar de Uyuni). In particular, I focus on the environmental human rights of indigenous communities living near the salt flats upon which the mines are located. At the heart of their rights is participation in decision-making over mining which is likely to affect them and their lives. This …
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Procedural environmental rights in regional trade agreements: trends, policy drivers and the case for multilateralisation within the World Trade Organization
… Therefore, many RTAs also include substantive environmental rights (SERs) in addition to procedural environmental rights (PERs), namely access to environmental information, public participation in environmental decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. These three pillars …
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Foreign Direct Investment and Environmental Rights Protection in Nigeria. Towards a Balance in the Regulatory Framework in the Oil and Gas Industry
… its impact on the realization and enforcement of environmental rights. Foreign investment in the oil and gas industry poses unique challenges to the environment as well as opportunities regarding sustainable development, participation, and environmental rights. These challenges arise from the …
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Public Interest Environmental Litigation: A Comparative Study of Locus Standi Requirements in South Africa and Zambia
South Africa integrated environmental rights into its constitutional and legislative framework, and simultaneously expanded its locus standi rules that facilitated public interest environmental litigation a decade and a half earlier than Zambia. The incorporation of environmental rights and the …
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Environmental justice and participatory democracy: An emancipatory policy proposal
Environmental Justice and Participatory Democracy: An Emancipatory Policy Proposal analyzes the public participation guidelines for the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The author argues that four challenges must be addressed before the goal of environmental justice can be achieved. These …
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Access to Environmental Justice: NGO Environmental Advocacy on Mining-Related Environmental Issues in Mongolia
In this thesis, I apply the theory of environmental justice to determine how NGOs use substantive and procedural environmental rights to advocate for mining-affected nomadic communities in Mongolia. Environmental NGOs often possess legal and scientific expertise pertinent to resolving and …
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A comparative study of South African and Nigerian legislation relating to control of gas emission
This research investigates the environmental legislation of South Africa and Nigeria as tools for control of gas emission within the context of the universal morality of environmental protection. The study highlights the other side of industrial activities - the devastating effect on health, …
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Debating sustainable development in global climate change policy: The “Cancún agreements” v. the “People’s agreement of Cochabamba”
… a larger set of social concerns (e.g. human and environmental rights). Thus, each set of climate agreements advocates for a remarkably different approach to "sustainable development." The climate crisis has altered political and economic configurations and refocused international debate on models …
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Enforcing the corporate responsibility to protect human rights in the Nigerian oil and gas industry
Corporate responsibility to respect human rights under the United Nations Guiding Principle on Business and Human Rights (UNGP) emerged as a global standard to hold businesses worldwide accountable for human rights violations. This is due to potential risks and adverse human rights impacts of …
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'Não são tijolos; são histórias': The Favela Housing Rights Movement of Rio de Janeiro
… Rio is experiencing its own favela housing rights movement, land rights, and government investment in upgrading projects that deserves academic attention. Implied in the term is a concomitant fight for land rights—both of which are needed to avoid eviction. Secondly, I explain how government …
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Negotiating nature : expertise and environment in the Klamath River Basin
… and the intertwined roles of law and science in environmental conflicts in the Upper Klamath River Basin in southern Oregon. I follow disputes over the management of water and endangered species. I develop several themes: first, how these disputes demonstrate the growing connections between …
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Multinational corporations: friends or foes of peace? Multinational corporations and state capture in Colombia
… the deprivation of people’s socio-political and environmental rights. <br/><br/>Finally, based on the findings of my fieldwork, the final chapter summarises key points and makes some reflections on policy implications and other relevant issues in order to provide some recommendations to address …
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Stjórnskipuleg umhverfisvernd í norrænum rétti
… and therefore it is important to strengthen environmental protection with the implementation of constitutional provisions. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the effect of environmental provisions in the constitutions of the Nordic states with the purpose of demonstrating their importance. …
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The protection of the environment during armed conflict: a case study of the Republic of Congo
… that an obligation rests upon states to take environmental considerations into account during armed conflict in so far as these relate to states’ military objectives