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Summaries of Good Practices
Find links to one-page summaries of each of the good practices highlighted in the Special Rapporteur�s good practices report (A/HRC/28/61). The summaries are categorized by type of obligation (procedural, substantive, relating to non-state actors, etc.) and then by theme.
Procedural Obligations - General
- Aarhus Centres
- Aarhus Convention
- Bali Guidelines
- ECLAC negotiation of agreement on Principle 10
- Environmental Democracy Index
- The Access Initiative
Obligation to Make Environmental Information Public
Access to Environmental Information
- Multiple States - laws on Access to Environmental Information
- El Salvador � environmental observatory
- Costa Rica � State of the Nation report
- Czech Republic � annual report
- South Africa � annual report
- Spain � environmental profile
Education and Awareness-Raising
- Algeria � Environmental Education Programme
- ASEAN � workshop on human rights and the environment
- ASEM � seminar on human rights and the environment
- Center for Victims of Torture � new tactics program
- Costa Rica � Certificate of Sustainable Tourism
- Ghana � AKOBEN
- Uganda � Sustainability School
- UNEP � program on human rights and the environment
Online Tools
- Aarhus Clearinghouse
- North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation � Taking Stock
- Czech Republic � integrated pollution register
- Finland � Tarkkailija
- Canada � Ontario�s environmental registry
- Serbia � EcoRegister
- South Africa � SAWIC
Obligation to Facilitate Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making
- Multiple States - Public Participation in Development of Environmental Laws
- Multiple States - Public Participation in EIA procedures
- Antigua and Barbuda � sustainable island resource management
- Finland � Alvari program
- Finland � Harava program
- Mexico � environmental public participation index
- Namati � community paralegals
- North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation � JPAC
- Mexico � consultative councils
- Mongolia � local multi-stakeholder platforms
- USA � community advisory groups
Obligation to Protect the Rights of Expression and Association
- ELAW � network of advocates
- FIDH and OMCT� Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders
- FORUM-Asia � response framework
- Frontline Defenders � ID cards
- Goldman Environmental Prize
- Inter-American Commission and Court � jurisprudence
- Protection International � protection manuals
- Women�s Human Rights Defenders
Obligation to Provide Access to Legal Remedies
Improving Access to National Courts
- Australia New South Wales � Land and Environment Court
- Costa Rica � amparo cause of action
- Costa Rica � Environmental Administrative Tribunal
- India � National Green Tribunal
- Ireland � cost rules
- Philippines � rules of procedure in environmental cases
- USA � citizen suits
National Human Rights Institutions
- Brazil � Ministerio Publico
- Costa Rica � ombudsperson
- Croatia � ombudsperson
- Hungary � ombudsperson for future generations
- Kenya � national human rights commission
- Malaysia � national inquiry strategy
- Mexico � national human rights commission
- Portugal � ombudsperson
- Thailand � national human rights commission
Regional Practices
- African Commission
- Asian Judges Symposium
- ECOWAS Court of Justice
- European Court of Human Rights
- North American Commission � submissions process
- OAS � judicial facilitators
Civil Society Monitoring Mechanisms
- EcoLur (Armenia) � hot spots
- University of Tampere (Finland) research
- South Africa � environmental management committee
Substantive Obligations
- Multiple States � adoption of constitutional right to healthy environment
- Argentina � Silva v Argentina
- China � framework environmental law
- Costa Rica � environmental jurisprudence of constitutional court
- India � jurisprudence of supreme court
- Philippines � environmental jurisprudence of supreme court
- New York City � Environmental Quality Review Technical Guidelines
- Finland - Collective Commitments
- USA � National Historic Preservation Act
Obligations Relating to Non-State Actors
- European Union � implementation of Guiding Principles
- Global Reporting Initiative
- Asia Pulp Paper
- Coca-Cola
- Patagonia
Obligations Relating to Transboundary Environmental Harm
International Cooperation
- Canada-U.S. Uniform Transboundary Pollution Reciprocal Access Act
- Espoo Convention
- Finland-Tanzania
- Micronesia � Czech transboundary EIA
- Nordic Environmental Protection Convention
Climate Change
- Australia � National Indigenous Climate Change Partnership
- Guatemala � framework law
- Honduras � risks to water resources
- Jordan � national policy
- Scotland � climate justice fund
- Suriname � REDD+ Assistants Programme
Obligations Relating to Those in Vulnerable Situations
Children
Indigenous Peoples
- Belize � community-based sustainable forest management plans
- Inter-American Court of Human Rights � jurisprudence
- India � rejection of application to mine Niyamgiri Hills
- IUCN � Whakatane assessments
- Mexico � Supreme Court decision
- Natural Justice � community protocols
- Natural Justice � Living Convention
- Norway � Finnmark Act
- Suriname � REDD+ Assistants Programme
Minorities and Low-Income Populations
Women