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  • Protocol on Environmental Protection 2

    Protocol on Environmental Protection   ARTICLE 6 CO-OPERATION 1. The Parties shall co-operate in the planning and conduct of activities in The Antarctic Treaty area. To this end, each Party shall endeavour to: (a) promote co-operative programmes of scientific, technical and educational value, concerning the protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems;…

  • Protocol on Environmental Protection

    Protocol on Environmental Protection   ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Protocol: (a) “The Antarctic Treaty “means The Antarctic Treaty done at Washington on 1 December 1959; (b) “Antarctic Treaty area”means the area to which the provisions of the Antarctic Treaty apply in accordance with Article VI of that Treaty; (c) “Antarctic Treaty…

  • Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context 2

    Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context   Article 4 PREPARATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT DOCUMENTATION 1. The environmental impact assessment documentation to be submitted to the competent authority of the Party of origin shall contain, as a minimum, the information described in Appendix II. 2. The Party of origin shall furnish…

  • Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context

    Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context   Article 1 DEFINITIONS For the purposes of this Convention, (i) “Parties”means, unless the text otherwise indicates, the Contracting Parties to this Convention; (ii) “Party of origin”means the Contracting Party or Parties to this Convention under whose jurisdiction a proposed activity is envisaged to take place;…

  • Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques

    Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques   ARTICLE I 1. Each State Party to this Convention undertakes not to engage in military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques having widespread, long-lasting or severe effects as the means of destruction, damage or injury to…

  • Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques

    Convention on the Prohibition of Military or any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques   ARTICLE I 1. Each State Party to this Convention undertakes not to engage in military or any other hostile use of environmental modification techniques having widespread, long-lasting or severe effects as the means of destruction, damage or injury to…

  • Amicus Curiae in International Investment Arbitration

    Amicus Curiae in International Investment Arbitration Note: this entry is a continuation of the entry about the Participation of Amici Curiae in NAFTA Chapter Eleven Cases. By Andrea K. Bjorklund (March 22, 2002) What Value Can The Proposed Amici Add The question of the movant’s interest must inevitably be bound up with the substantive knowledge…

  • Eco-packaging

    Eco-packaging and the GATT Policy Negotiations In relation to the GATT Policy Negotiations, Christopher Mark (1993) provided the following explanation and/or definition of Eco-packaging: Refers to national regulations and programs to encourage recycling or reuse of product packaging and […]

  • United Nations Conference on the Human Environment 2

    United Nations Conference on the Human Environment   Principle 7 States shall take all possible steps to prevent pollution of the seas by substances that are liable to create hazards to human health, to harm living resources and marine life, to damage amenities or to interfere with other legitimate uses of the sea. Principle 8…

  • Police Powers

    Police Powers Expropriation Jurisprudence under NAFTA: The test for the application of the police powers Note: there is more information about the Expropriation Jurisprudence under NAFTA tests here. See also the entry about international regulatory expropriation. By Dr. Howard Mann and Dr. Julie A. Soloway (March 31, 2002) The establishment of the test for expropriation…

  • Atlantic Ocean

    Resources See Also International Public Law Customary International Law Conventional International Law International Conventions Sources of International Law

  • Atlantic Ocean

    Resources See Also International Public Law Customary International Law Conventional International Law International Conventions Sources of International Law

  • Working Conditions

    Resources See Also Poverty Cost of Living Income Minimum Wage Standard of living Working Conditions

  • Public International Law

    Summary of Public International Law The body of international law that governs the conduct of a nation as a sovereign entity in its relations with other nations. It does not deal with the international activities of private individuals or firms. (Main Author: William J. Miller) […]

  • Public International Law

    Summary of Public International Law The body of international law that governs the conduct of a nation as a sovereign entity in its relations with other nations. It does not deal with the international activities of private individuals or firms. (Main Author: William J. Miller) […]