| dc.contributor | Law Division | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Global | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-23T07:45:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-23T07:45:37Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/35408 | |
| dc.description | This Summary Brief deals with Sustainable Development Goal 16, the environmental rule of law and the link between human rights and a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Access rights concerning environmental information, public participation and environmental justice are discussed. The brief examines the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on human rights and the environmental rule of law. There is focus on the role of environmental human rights defenders (EHRDS) in the Asia-Pacific region in promoting avenues for an environmentally sustainable recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The brief canvasses good practices and ongoing challenges, including the legal protections needed for environmental human rights defenders. It sets out key messages and a range of recommendations. | en_US |
| dc.format | Text | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.rights | Public | en_US |
| dc.subject | HUMAN RIGHTS | en_US |
| dc.subject | RULE OF LAW | en_US |
| dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL LAW | en_US |
| dc.subject | COVID-19 | en_US |
| dc.subject | HEALTH | en_US |
| dc.subject | ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS | en_US |
| dc.subject | ACCESS TO INFORMATION | en_US |
| dc.subject | INDONESIA | en_US |
| dc.subject | PHILIPPINES | en_US |
| dc.subject | MONGOLIA | en_US |
| dc.subject | LATIN AMERICA | en_US |
| dc.title | Human Rights and the Environmental Rule of Law - Issue Brief SDG 16 | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en_US |
| wd.identifier.sdg | SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions | en_US |
