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Prakas (Declaration) 387 on the Launch of Standards of the Quantity of Toxins or Hazardous Substances Allowed to be Disposed
Guideline on the Launch of Standards of the Quantity of Toxins or Hazardous Substances Allowed to be Disposed
Sub-decree on Management of Garbage and Solid Waste of Downtowns
The goal of this sub-decree is to enhance the management of garbage and solid waste of downtowns with effectiveness, transparency and accountability, referring to ensure aesthetics, public health and environmental protection. This is is the translated version.
Introduction to ASEAN Regional Environmental Law
This chapter explores the legal, institutional and policy framework that underpins environmental management and sustainable development in Southeast Asia.
Judicial Decision-Making Toolkit
They are designed to support change by promoting the local use, management, ownership and sustainability of judicial development in Pacific Island Countries across the regions. The toolkit promotes an issue-based approach, where judges identify the constituent issues in each case.
Symposium on Combating Wildlife Crime: Securing Enforcement, Ensuring Justice, and Upholding the Rule of Law - The Proceedings
Illegal wildlife trade is a growing global phenomenon that has serious ecological, economic, security, and social costs and often involves highly organized crime groups who exploit wild fauna and flora at unsustainable levels.
Proceedings of the Third South Asia Judicial Roundtable on Environmental Justice for Sustainable Green Development
This publication documents the proceedings of the Third South Asia Judicial Roundtable on Environmental Justice for Sustainable Green Development, held on the 8th and 9th of August 2014 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Third ASEAN Chief Justices' Roundtable on Environment: ASEAN's Environmental Challenges and Legal Responses. The Proceedings
This publication contains the proceedings of the Third ASEAN Chief Justices’ Roundtable on Environment: ASEAN’s Environmental Challenges and Legal Responses, held in Bangkok on 15-18 November 2013.
South Asia Conference on Environmental Justice: The Proceedings
This publication documents the proceedings of the South Asia Conference on Environmental Justice, held last 24–25 March 2012 at Bhurban, Pakistan. The conference brought together chief justices, senior members of the judiciary, and other legal stakeholders in South Asia, to highlight environmental challenges in the subregion, and devise ways to strengthen the implementation of environmental justice and ensure compliance with environmental laws.
Environmental Risk Regulation and the Indian Supreme Court: an Exercise in De-formalization of the Law?
The Supreme Court specifically has framed the issue of environmental protection as a public good – and therefore in terms of rights and entitlements t clean air, healthy environmental, pollution free water, etc. However entitlements to these public goods cannot be absolute – since in certain circumstances they may have to be balanced with other public goods – like opportunities for employment generation and other related economic development goals.
Briefing Note on the High-Level meeting on the Rule of Law and the Environment
The High-Level Meeting on the Rule of Law and the Environment took place on 17 February 2013 at the UN Office in Nairobi, Kenya. The meeting, which was held on the eve of the 27th session of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum (GC27/GMEF) of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) scheduled to convene from 18-22 February 2013, was attended by high-ranking representatives of the judicial, legal and auditing professions, among others.