Resources
Legal Readiness to Attract Climate Finance: Towards a Low-Carbon Asia and the Pacific
Responding to the growing demand for a discussion forum on these issues, the Carbon & Climate Law Review strikes a balance between the interests of practitioners, notably those engaged in the rapidly evolving carbon market, and a more doctrinal focus, alternating legal policy recommendations with timely articles on legal aspects of carbon trading and other dimensions of greenhouse gas regulation.
Final Report - TA-6618 Reg Enabling a Conductive Environment for The Digital Economy - English Translation
A report summarizing the outcomes of e-learning modules developed to support the Enabling a Conducive Environment for the Digital Economy Technical Assistance program.
Sustainable Development as Environmental Justice: Exploring Judicial Discourse in India
The principle of sustainable development has evolved to occupy centrality in environmental jurisprudence in India. The Supreme Court has reiterated its importance in the country’s environmental legal regime. However, the jurisprudence has been criticized for framing it as a zero sum game where economic development has been repeatedly used as a justification to trump environmental violations, and therefore, rendering it as only declaratory and lacking in content and sufficient teeth to shape public action.
Handbook on Effective Police Responses to Violence against Women
The Handbook is intended to assist and guide police officers in the prevention of, and response to, violence against women. It is formulated primarily for use by police in transitional and developing countries where institutional means to protect women from violence have not yet been created or implemented.
Handbook for National Action Plans on Violence against Women
The Handbook assembles current knowledge on effective policy for the prevention of and response to violence against women. The Handbook likewise presents a model framework for National Action Plans on violence against women, providing recommendations, accompanied by explanatory commentaries and good practice examples.
Handbook for the Judiciary on Effective Criminal Justice Responses to Gender-Based Violence against Women and Girls
This handbook is intended as a practical tool for the enhancement of the knowledge, skills and institutional capacity of the judiciary in handling cases of gender-based violence against women and girls.
State of Human Rights in 2018
The report of the Human Rights Commission in Pakistan provides a view on the state of human rights in Pakistan. It focuses on certain key issues including laws and lawmaking, administration of justice, international human rights mechanisms, law and order, jail and prisoners, freedom of movement, freedom of thought, conscience and religion, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, political participation, women, children, labor, the elderly, people living with disabilities, refugees and IDPs, education, health, housing, and environment.
Handbook on Effective Prosecution Responses to Violence Against Women and Girls
The Handbook on Effective Prosecution Responses to Violence Against Women and Girls is intended as a resource for individual prosecutors and prosecution services to build on. Given the diversity of structures and approaches to prosecution in various legal systems, the Handbook is limited to the general prosecutorial powers and functions.
UN Handbook for Legislation on Violence Against Women
The Handbook for Legislation on Violence Against Women aims to guide stakeholders in the adoption and implementation of legislation to prevent violence against women. The Handbook sets out the international and regional legal and policy frameworks governing the enactments and implementation of laws to address violence against women. It further provides a model framework for legislation on violence against women.