mobilizing human rights for the environment

... Other than jeopardizing the health and quality of life of the residents, there were little evidence of flagrant violation of other human rights articles unlike the other cases reviewed below The ... Among the recent cases of environmental injustice and human rights violations in the Third World are: the murder of Wilson Pinheiro and Francisco “Chico” Mendes in the Amazon rain forest, the massacre ... the massacre of Father Nery Lito Satur and several others in the Philippines, and the public hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other members of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 23:20

... lower This is because of the need for the formation to have been previously buried deep enough to reach the temperatures required for gas generation, and the need for the formation to retain impermeable ... fracturing for tanks / pits for water / other materials required for fracturing process (New York State 2011 PR 18 Support to the identification of potential risks for the environment and human health ... characterise these effects The study identified a number of issues as presenting a high risk for people and the environment These issues and their significance are summarised in the following...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20

... a dramatic rise in the human population This increase in population size leads to an increase in pollution and higher demand for the world’s resources Humans are using up the earth’s resources, ... sulphur dioxide and other greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere and causes the temperature of the earth to rise • This leads to disruption of the weather patterns eg drought, ... and statues particularly if they are made of limestone Deforestation • In may countries people are chopping down forests to provide timber or space for agriculture for the growing population This...

Ngày tải lên: 28/09/2013, 11:10

... a dramatic rise in the human population This increase in population size leads to an increase in pollution and higher demand for the world’s resources Humans are using up the earth’s resources, ... sulphur dioxide and other greenhouse gases • carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere and causes the temperature of the earth to rise • This leads to disruption of the weather patterns eg drought, ... and statues particularly if they are made of limestone Deforestation • In may countries people are chopping down forests to provide timber or space for agriculture for the growing population This...

Ngày tải lên: 26/01/2014, 10:20

... pharmaceuticals in the environment and formulate directions for future efforts Environmental Analysis and Exposure To date, the majority of information for human pharmaceuticals in the environment is ... system for the ERA of “old” PAS already on the market But even beyond the formal requirements for PERAs in the context of registration, PAS in the environment (PIE) may be the subject of other ... as a model for themselves or for the whole of the EU for existing PAS In particular the Nordic countries with Norway and Denmark (beside Sweden), but also Germany, the Netherlands and the UK are...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 22:20

... At the first level, the information is presented by using only the comments associated with the codes found At the second level, a parallel listing is produced, with the codes themselves, and their ... VISULEX searches for all the associated information THAM consists of a set of functions programmed in the macro language associated with a powerful text editor These functions help the translator ... done by the translator This data base is composed of dictionaries, "formats" and "procedures" of the analysis, transfer and synthesis phases (the conventional phases of a CAT system) For any...

Ngày tải lên: 17/03/2014, 19:21

Ngày tải lên: 18/03/2014, 15:22

... have the time and resources to so.7 Human rights are not only universal, and therefore intrusive, they are also morally imperious, and therefore unignorable Further, human rights now have formal ... requiring the utilisation of the means at their disposal to further the same objectives: realising human rights Individuals should not only refrain from violating the human rights of others, but they ... significance for human rights Moreover, it cannot be assumed that the form and content of human rights as they apply to public sector organisations can be captured by the goal of conformity to human rights...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 02:20

... etc.) Indeed, it is the principal supplier of plastic flatware to the armed forces and was commended by the U.S Military for the quality of their supply support during the Gulf War The division h ... emissions associated with the process of making the product Page The goal for these two approaches is to benefit your bottom line, while also benefiting the environment They aim to improve your ... investigating the causes for the large inventory suggested ways for reducing the chemical inventory First, the team discovered that sometimes multiple chemicals were being purchased to perform the same...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 21:20

... Assessment Criteria for Hazard Evaluation Version 2.0 August 2011 Introduction The Design for the Environment (DfE) Program at the U.S Environmental Protection Agency developed the Alternatives ... 7.9.1 Sources for Data Interpretation – – U.S EPA Design for the Environment Program Master Criteria for Safer Ingredients [35] U.S EPA ECOSAR [124] - 38 - U.S EPA Design for the Environment Program ... Design for the Environment Program Alternatives Assessment Criteria for Hazard Evaluation Version 2.0 August 2011 7.10.1 Sources for Data Interpretation – – – – – U.S EPA Design for the Environment...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 23:20

... Assessment Criteria for Hazard Evaluation Version 2.0 August 2011 Introduction The Design for the Environment (DfE) Program at the U.S Environmental Protection Agency developed the Alternatives ... 7.9.1 Sources for Data Interpretation – – U.S EPA Design for the Environment Program Master Criteria for Safer Ingredients [35] U.S EPA ECOSAR [124] - 38 - U.S EPA Design for the Environment Program ... Design for the Environment Program Alternatives Assessment Criteria for Hazard Evaluation Version 2.0 August 2011 7.10.1 Sources for Data Interpretation – – – – – U.S EPA Design for the Environment...

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 02:20

... one-use-only so therefore they can be replaced with the paper bags for the same purpose, or even with bags that are designed for more than one use therefore eliminating unnecessary waste in the environment ... impacts the environment directly and positively – the better the recyclability, the greater the environmental benefit The indirect impact of the factor arises from the consequences of the factor ... Design for the environment is a broad concept that requires a planned approach It varies for different products The main concern is on the product’s impact on the environment and human beings There...

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 02:20

... of the Army THE ARMY STRATEGY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT VISION SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS, INSTALLATIONS, SYSTEMS, AND COMMUNITIES ENABLING THE ARMY MISSION SECURE THE FUTURE The Army Strategy for the Environment ... ON UN ITY E NVIR EN CO T FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARMY STRATEGY FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, CONTACT: OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR INSTALLATIONS AND ENVIRONMENT 110 Army Pentagon, ... under the Government Performance and Results Act and the Chief Financial Officers Act These are long-term goals They will not be realized in the short-term They will guide the Army into the future...

Ngày tải lên: 29/06/2014, 02:20

... discussion on human rights in clinical trials Neither document recognizes the distinction between therapeutic and non-therapeutic The Article prohibits experiments that violate the integrity of the person ... times in the first 200 years of its existence and was arguably a rather ineffective remedy [42] There is renewed interest in the use of the tort as a tool for human rights litigation One of the most ... Council of Europe Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine,1997...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... Design for the Environment This new hypothesis of developmental orientation, which was first formulated in the early 1980s (Brown, 1981) and then used in the WCED Brundtland Report (from the name ... highlight the determining factors for the efficiency of each phase of transformation of the resources: • The efficiency of the extraction of materials depends on the technology used in the process, ... and the environment evidence the fundamental principles that can serve as the basis for the development of more effective methodologies for their complete integration (Allenby, 1994): • The methodologies...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:21

... quantifies the total emissivity that can be associated with the process and, therefore, with the final product • The sum of the energy contents of the materials and of the energy introduced quantifies the ... consists of all the chemical and thermal emissions correlated to the production of the resources used by the process, corresponding therefore to the emission content of the resources • The emission ... into account the use of resources for the production of the means of transport themselves and of the structures required for storing the product 2.5.1.4 Use The product is used for a certain...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:21

... cycle The difficulty of assessment lies in identifying the correlation existing between the operations performed during the life cycle and the effects of these operations on the environment The environmental ... Product Design for the Environment the different impact typologies with the aim of obtaining data for comparison or aggregation These data are used as the basis for deciding on the actions to ... performing the process in question The degree of detail is determined in each case on the basis of the aims of the LCA, and the complexity and difficulty of the measurements that can be made on the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:21

... al., 1999) The costs befalling society are represented by the externalities of the economic system They are due to the impacts of activities on the environment and on human health, and they can ... impact of the production system on the environment and society, for which the producer actor cannot be considered financially responsible Both these categories include environmental costs To the external ... of the duration of the time span, beyond which these flows are ignored The traditional separation between environmental and economic analyses of the life cycle is the direct consequence of these...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:21

... allowing them to manage and elaborate, in the most efficient manner, the information set necessary for the design intervention Depending on the information that these techniques require for their ... Design for the Environment these constructional units, and the system of interactions linking them together It is precisely the system of interactions that assumes a determinant role The factor ... generation for the development of the detailed design For a complete review of the various formal methods prescribed in relation to the different phases of the design process, together with evaluations...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 21:21