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1 online resource (xxiii, 359 pages) |
| Contents |
About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyrights Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: Layout of the Book -- II: Layout of Each Chapter -- III: Strategy Tools -- IV: Summary of Sources of International Law -- Ch. 1: Exercising Environmental Human Rights and Remedies in the United Nations and Regional Systems -- I: Introduction -- II: Determining Valid Environmental Human Rights Claims -- III: Determining Where to File the Environmental Human Rights Claim |
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IV: Submitting the Environmental Human Rights Claim to the Selected ForumV: Newly Emerging Rights and Fundamental Rights Recognized as Customary International Law -- VI: Seeking Enforcement if a Claim Prevails and a Nation-State Fails to Comply -- VII: Conclusion -- VIII: Tables -- Ch. 2: Advocating for International Finance and Trade Institutions to Adhere to Environmental and Public Health Standards -- I: Introduction -- II: World Bank Inspection Panel -- III: The International Finance Corporation -- Compliance Advisor Ombudsman |
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IV: Inter-American Development Bank -- Independent Investiation MechanismV: Asian Development Bank -- Accountability Mechanism -- VI: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development -- Independent Recourse Mechanism -- VII: European Parliament -- Committee on Petitions -- VIII: African Development Bank Group -- Independent Review Mechanism -- IX: North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation -- X: Canada-Chile Commission on Environmental Cooperation -- XI: Conclusion |
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Ch. 3: Preventing New International Trade and Investment Dispute Resolution Mechanisme From Undermining Current Environmental and Public Health RegulationsI: Introduction -- II: Strategy No. 1: Amicus Curiae Submissions to Trade and Investment Bodies -- III: Strategy No. 2: Pursuading a Domestic Government to File a Trade or Investment Dispute to Prevent the Weakening of Environmental or Public Health Laws -- IV: Strategy No. 3: Submitting Public Comments to Environmental Reviews of Trade and Investment Agreements |
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v. : Strategy No. 4: Demanding Transparency and Public Participation from Domestic Governments on Trade and Investment Issues Adversely Affecting the Environment and Public HealthVI: Conclusion -- Ch. 4: Encouraging Secretariats of Multilateral Environmental and Public Health Agreements to Enforce Current International Environmental Standards -- I: Introduction -- II: Strategy No. 1: Making Submissions Pursuant to Specific MEA Processes Open to Non-Party Participation -- III: Strategy No. 2: Petitioning MEA Secretariats |
| Summary |
"Defending the Environment" provides the means for nongovernmental organizations, community groups, and individuals to bring environmental and public health problems to the attention of international courts, tribunals, and commissions, or to their domestic counterparts |
| Notes |
Originally published: Transnational Publishers, 2004 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-340) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Environmental law, International.
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Environmental justice.
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Civil society.
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LAW -- Environmental.
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Civil society
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Environmental justice
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Environmental law, International
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Pasternack, Scott.
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| ISBN |
9781429497916 |
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1429497912 |
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9781597260664 |
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1597260665 |
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9781597265942 |
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1597265942 |
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