Resources 'Article 3: General Provisions'
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, presenting framework principles on human…
Duty to give reasons: The Supreme Court explained the extent of the duty on local planning authorities to give reasons for their decisions to grant planning permission, including where applications…
The European Commission has initiated several projects on environmental information management and reporting (a workshop will be held Brussels on 8 February 2018) and on developing an assessment…
Through the adoption of resolution 33/22, the Human Rights Council requested the High Commissioner for Human Rights “to prepare concise and action-oriented draft guidelines as a set of orientations…
Key issue: The right of environmental NGOs to ask a Court order to communicate air quality data to the European Commission and to draft a comprehensive air quality plan.
Key words: civil proceedings…
The United Nations Democracy Fund invites civil society organizations to apply for funding for projects to advance and support democracy during the annual proposal window. The next window is expected…
After a Columbia Law School report recently revealed major shortcomings in how the UN aviation body (ICAO) interprets transparency and public participation requirements, the article at hand points…
The World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) Draft Guidance Notes for Borrowers is open for public comments from 2 November to 15 December 2017.
The Environmental and Social Standards,…
Draft EBRD Extractive Mining Industries Strategy 2018-2022 is open for public comments by 20 November 2017.
The Compliance Advisor Ombudsman (CAO) is the independent recourse mechanism for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA). The CAO responds to…
