Human Rights and the Environmental Rule of Law - Issue Brief

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dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organizationLaw Division
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-23T07:45:37Z
dc.date.available2021-03-23T07:45:37Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionThis brief deals with Sustainable Development Goal 16, the environmental rule of law and the link between human rights and a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Access rights concerning environmental information, public participation and environmental justice are discussed. The brief examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on human rights and the environmental rule of law. There is focus on the role of environmental human rights defenders (EHRDS) in the Asia-Pacific region in promoting avenues for an environmentally sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The brief canvasses good practices and ongoing challenges, including the legal protections needed for environmental human rights defenders. It sets out key messages and a range of recommendations.en
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dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/35408
dc.languageEnglish
dc.page.number9 p.
dc.relation.TableOfContentsKey Messages Human Rights and Environmental Law Dimensions of SDG 16 Environmental Rule of Law Environmental Rule of Law Example: ASEAN Human Rights Declaration COVID-19 and the Environmental Rule of Law Legal Protection of Environmental Human Rights Defenders (EHRDs) SDG 16.10: Access to Information and Protection of Fundamental Freedoms The Role of National Human Rights Institutions Good Practice Examples Proposed Legal Protection for EHRDs Philippines Mongolia Latin American Example: Legal Protection of EHRDs in the Escazú Agreement (2018) Recommendations to Promote Achievement of SDG 16
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dc.subjecthuman rights
dc.subjectrule of law
dc.subjectenvironmental law
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectenvironmental standard
dc.subjectaccess to information
dc.subject.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
dc.subject.sdgSDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
dc.titleHuman Rights and the Environmental Rule of Law - Issue Briefen
dc.typePolicy brief

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