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EnvironmentAtlas

How does the law protect the environment?

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Environmental protection, assessment and environmental crime, with protected-area coverage.

Treaties

9 records
Treaties Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal Controls on exporting hazardous waste. Treaties Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters Environmental information, participation and access to justice. Treaties Convention on Biological Diversity Conservation, sustainable use and fair sharing of benefits of genetic resources. Treaties Minamata Convention on Mercury Controls across the life cycle of mercury. Treaties Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer Phase-out of ozone-depleting substances. Treaties Paris Agreement Nationally determined contributions toward holding warming well below 2°C. Treaties Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean Environmental access rights and protection of environmental defenders. Treaties United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Maritime zones, navigation, resources and the marine environment. Treaties United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The framework for international climate cooperation.

Rights

1 records
Rights Right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment Recognised by the UN General Assembly as a human right (resolution 76/300, 2022). UNGA res. 76/300 Pending review

Statistics

LawStats Environmental & Wildlife Crime 0 of 5 indicators have data LawStats Health, Water & Environment 5 of 5 indicators have data

Recent events

  1. Escazú Agreement entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  2. Minamata Convention entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  3. Paris Agreement entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  4. Aarhus Convention entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  5. UNCLOS entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  6. UNFCCC entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  7. CBD entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  8. Basel Convention entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗
  9. Montreal Protocol entered into force UN Treaty Collection ↗

Areas of law

Waste & Pollution Environmental Crime Environmental Assessment Environmental Protection Find a lawyer: Waste & Pollution Find a lawyer: Environmental Crime Find a lawyer: Environmental Assessment Find a lawyer: Environmental Protection

What we do not have yet

  • No legislation in the corpus is tagged with this domain's concepts yet.
  • No court decisions in the corpus are tagged with this domain's concepts yet.

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Sources UNEP-WCMC via World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0)Aarhus and Escazú agreements