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Enhancing the Role of Environmental Public Interest Litigation to Advance Environmental Rights in Southeast Asia - Briefing Report

dc.contributorGovernance Affairs Officeen_US
dc.contributor.authorEarthRights Internationalen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programmeen_US
dc.contributor.otherSchulte, William (BJ)en_US
dc.contributor.otherLaczo, Monaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialAsia and the Pacificen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-20T11:53:51Z
dc.date.available2024-03-20T11:53:51Z
dc.date.issued2023-12
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/45227
dc.descriptionCitizens can play an integral role in protecting the environment and upholding the integrity of environmental laws. In many countries, governments are giving citizens and nongovernment organizations more power to bring environmental litigation against both the government and private parties to protect the public’s interest in a healthy environment. This briefing report focuses on environmental public interest litigation as a potentially transformative mechanism that can empower communities across Southeast Asia to play a significant role in ensuring that environmental laws are complied with, and that the precious ecosystems of the region and the communities that depend on them are protected. The report provides an overview of the various forms of environmental public interest litigation, including an overview of some of the recent progress on burgeoning environmental public interest litigation systems in Southeast Asia. The report reviews some of the prospects and ongoing challenges concerning strengthening environmental public interest litigation in the region. The report finds that a functioning system of environmental public interest litigation would help to reinforce the right to a healthy environment, as recognized in the landmark resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in July 2022 and reinforce widely recognized environmental rights principles related to access to information, public participation and access to justice.en_US
dc.formatpdfen_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherEarthRights Internationalen_US
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATIONen_US
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICEen_US
dc.subjectPUBLIC PARTICIPATIONen_US
dc.subjectLITIGATIONen_US
dc.subjectCITIZEN INITIATIVEen_US
dc.subjectPRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLEen_US
dc.subjectLEGAL REMEDIESen_US
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL LAWen_US
dc.subjectSOUTHEAST ASIAen_US
dc.titleEnhancing the Role of Environmental Public Interest Litigation to Advance Environmental Rights in Southeast Asia - Briefing Reporten_US


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