Screen LibraryDefending the environment：civil society strategies to enforce international environmental law
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Island Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xxiii, 359 p.: ; 23 cm. |
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1597260665 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9781597260664 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D996 |
| CLC: | D996.9 |
| Call Number: | D996.9/M257 |
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Originally published: Transnational Publishers, 2004. Donation. Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-340) and index. 1. Exercising environmental human rights and remedies in the United Nations and regional systems -- 2. Advocating for international finance and trade institutions to adhere to environmental and public health standards -- 3. Preventing new international trade and investment dispute resolution mechanisms from undermining current environmental and public health regulations -- 4. Encouraging secretariats of multilateral environmental and public health agreements to enforce current international environmental standards -- 5. Enforcing international environmental law in tribunals of general jurisdiction -- 6. Enforcing international environmental law through domestic law mechanisms. "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. |