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  • International human rights law Part 11

    International human rights law Part 11   132 International Law Limits on Investor Liability in Human Rights Litigation Michael D. Ramsey Harvard International Law Journal Volume 50, Number 2, Summer 2009 p.271 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 133 LABOR OF LOVE: USING INTERNATIONAL Labor law TO ACHIEVE HUMAN RIGHTS FOR WOMEN SEX WORKERS IN THE…

  • MPEPIL: International environmental law

    MPEPIL: International environmental law   Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) list of articles of this subject. List of articles pertaining to this subject: International environmental law: 1. Aboriginal Title, Mostert, Hanri 2. Access to Information on Environmental Matters, Ebbesson, Jonas 3. Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, Ebbesson, Jonas 4. Agenda 21,…

  • MPEPIL: Human rights

    MPEPIL: Human rights   Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) list of articles of this subject. List of articles pertaining to this subject: Human rights: 1. Aboriginal Title, Mostert, Hanri 2. Access to Information on Environmental Matters, Ebbesson, Jonas 3. Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, Ebbesson, Jonas 4. African Charter on Human…

  • Protocol on Environmental Protection 5

    Protocol on Environmental Protection   Article 3 1. The Arbitral Tribunal shall be composed of three Arbitrators who shall be appointed as follows: (a) The party to the dispute commencing the proceedings shall appoint one Arbitrator, who may be its national, from the list referred to in Article 2. This appointment shall be included in…

  • 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 3

    Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context   Article 12 RIGHT TO VOTE 1. Each Party to this Convention shall have one vote. 2. Except ag provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, regional economic integration organizations, in matters within their competence, shall exercise their right to vote with a number of…

  • 1994 Draft Declaration of Principles on Human Rights and the Environment

    1994 Draft Declaration of Principles on Human Rights and the Environment   Part I 1. Human rights, an ecologically sound environment, sustainable development and peace are interdependent and indivisible. 2. All persons have the right to a secure, healthy and ecologically sound environment. This right and other human rights, including civil, cultural, economic, political and…

  • Convention on the Rights of the Child 4

    Convention on the Rights of the Child   Article 23 1. States Parties recognize that a mentally or physically disabled child should enjoy a full and decent life, in conditions which ensure dignity, promote self-reliance and facilitate the child’s active participation in the community 2. States Parties recognize the right of the disabled child to…

  • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 2

    International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights   Article 9. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize the right of everyone to social security, including social insurance. Article 10. The States Parties to the present Covenant recognize that: 1. The widest possible protection and assistance should be accorded to the family, which is…

  • Other Environmental conventions

    Other Environmental international conventions Other Environmental multirateral conventions Convention for the Establishment of the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (18 April 1951) International Plant Protection Convention (6 December 1951) and the Plant Protection Agreement for the South East Asia and Pacific Region (27 February 1956) Great Lakes Basin Compact (1955) The Antarctic Treaty (1…

  • Biodiversity

    Concept of Biodiversity An introductory definition of Biodiversity is provided here: two kinds: species and genetic diversity, species diversity refers to the differences between species, while genetic diversity refers to differences within species Biodiversity (in the Human Development Area) […]

  • Biodiversity

    Concept of Biodiversity An introductory definition of Biodiversity is provided here: two kinds: species and genetic diversity, species diversity refers to the differences between species, while genetic diversity refers to differences within species Biodiversity (in the Human Development Area) […]

  • Right to Access to Information

    In relation to the right to access to information and constitutional law, Lana Ofak[1] made the following observation: The right to access to information is the right of the individual to have access to information held by the public authorities. Peled and Rabin identified four major […]

  • Right to Access to Information

    In relation to the right to access to information and constitutional law, Lana Ofak[1] made the following observation: The right to access to information is the right of the individual to have access to information held by the public authorities. Peled and Rabin identified four major […]

  • Us Universal Periodic Review

    United States Universal Periodic Review in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): We have found the Universal Periodic Review a useful tool to assess how the U.S. country can continue to improve in […]