Human Rights Law Resources
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Aarhus Convention
The Aarhus Convention establishes a number of rights of the public (individuals and their associations) with regard to the environment. The Parties to the Convention are required to make the necessary provisions so that public authorities (at national, regional or local level) will contribute to these rights to become effective.
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Advocates for Sustainable Palm Oil Are Ignoring Human Rights Violations in Latin America
A false picture of a sustainable industry was painted for investors and other participants, in August 2016 at the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), which ignores the harmful impacts of the aggressive expansion of the palm oil industry on local communities.
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Convention on the Rights of the Child: Monitoring the Fulfilment of States’ Obligations
This webpage explores the role of treaty bodies, NGOs and UNICEF in monitoring States’ compliance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
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Draft Report for Second Session of Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations
Document recounting discussion during the second session of the intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights.
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Historic Permanent Peoples Tribunal (PPT) Hearing on Transnational Corporations in Southern Africa
The historical first Permanent Peoples Tribunal Hearing in Southern Africa exposed the crimes of Transnational Corporations in the region and the growing peoples resistance.
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Human Rights Council Analytical study on the Relationship between Human Rights and the Environment
This analytical study examines the key components of the relationship between human rights and the environment, with emphasis on the following themes: the conceptual relationship between human rights and the environment; environmental threats to human rights; mutual reinforcement of environmental and human rights protection; and extraterritorial dimensions of human rights and the environment.
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Human Rights Council Resolution 10/4 Human Rights & Climate Change
Climate change-related impacts have a range of implications, both direct and indirect, for the effective enjoyment of human rights including, inter alia, the right to life, the right to adequate food, the right to the highest attainable standard of health, the right to adequate housing, the right to self-determination and human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation, and recalling that in no case may a people be deprived of its own means of subsistence
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Human Rights Resources
This webpage from the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights lists a variety of human rights resources arranged by topic for your convenience. Resources include human rights documents, ABA publications, links to outside entities, and more.
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