Defending the environment : civil society strategies to enforce international environmental law / / Linda A. Malone & Scott Pasternack

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821675903321
• Autore: Malone Linda A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, : Island Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-59726-594-2; 1-4294-9791-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): PasternackScott
• Disciplina: 344.04/6
• Soggetti: Environmental law, International; Environmental justice; Civil society
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Originally published: Transnational Publishers, 2004.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-340) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- 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 -- IV: Submitting the Environmental Human Rights Claim to the Selected Forum -- V: 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 -- IV: Inter-American Development Bank - Independent Investiation Mechanism -- V: 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 -- Ch. 3: Preventing New International Trade and Investment Dispute Resolution Mechanisme From Undermining Current Environmental and Public Health Regulations -- I: 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 -- V.: Strategy No. 4: Demanding Transparency and Public Participation from Domestic Governments on Trade and Investment Issues Adversely Affecting the Environment and Public Health -- VI: 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 -- IV: Strategy No. 3: Lobbying State Parties to Initiate Dispute Resolution Proceedings -- V. Strategy No. 4: Participating at MEA Conferences of the Parties or in Appropriate Bodies of Charter-Based Institutions -- VI: Conclusion -- VII: Table-Sample MEAs -- Ch. 5: Enforcing International Environmental Law in Tribunals of General Jurisdiction -- I: Introduction -- II: International Court of Justice -- III: The Law of the Sea Treaty Regime -- IV: The International Criminal Court -- V: Regional Tribunals of General Jurisdiction -- VI: International Arbitral Bodies -- VII: Conclusion -- Ch. 6: Enforcing Environmental Law Through Domestic Law Mechanisms -- I: Introduction -- II: Non-Litigation Strategies -- III: Litigation Strategies -- IV: Newly Independent States -- V. Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Appendix: List of Practitioner Experts -- Bibliography -- Index.