The objects and purposes of this Act are to provide for a land use planning based development control system led by policy, land use designations and zoning, promote sustainable development in a healthy natural environment, maintain and improve the quality of the physical and natural environment...
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Planning and Subdivision Act (No. 4 of 2010)
16/03/2010 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Cities BahamasConstitución de la República Dominicana
26/01/2010 Rights: Information Participation Justice Dominican RepublicLa Constitución Dominicana reconoce los derechos e intereses colectivos y difusos debiendo proteger la conservación del equilibrio ecológico y la protección del medio ambiente.
Save Guana Cay Reef Association Ltd and Others v. the Queen and Others
17/11/2009 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment BahamasAn appeal was lodged before the Privy Council against the Court of Appeal of Bahamas upholding the approval by the Government of the Bahamas, in principle, of a proposed large-scale development in the north-west part of Great Guana Cay, both on land and in the sea, with far-reaching economic,...
People United Respecting the Environment (PURE) et al v. Environmental Management Authority et al
16/06/2009 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Trinidad and TobagoTwo public spirited organizations applied for judicial review of the decision of the Environmental Management Authority to grant a certificate of environmental clearance (CEC) for the construction of an Aluminium Smelter plant at Union Village, La Brea.
Constitución Política del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia
07/02/2009 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Cities Energy Gender Mining Indigenous peoples BoliviaLa Constitución Política del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia reconoce el derecho de las personas a vivir en un medio ambiente saludable, protegido y sin riesgos.
Ley de Gestión Integral de Riesgos Socionaturales y Tecnológicos
09/01/2009 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Environmental education VenezuelaConstitución del Ecuador
20/10/2008 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Mining Indigenous peoples EcuadorLa Constitución del Ecuador reconoce el derecho de la población a vivir en un ambiente sano y ecológicamente equilibrado.
Sentencia de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación Argentina (Expediente M. 1569 XL)
08/07/2008 Rights: Information Participation Justice ArgentinaLa cuenca del río Matanza-Riachuelo abarca parte de la Capital Federal y parte de la provincia de Buenos Aires. El río de dicha cuenca, había sido objeto de vertidos ilegales de sustancias contaminantes y tóxicas por parte de industrias aledañas.
Delapenha Funeral Home Limited v. The Minister of Local Government and Environment
13/06/2008 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment JamaicaA funerary services company presented an application for judicial review of the decision of the Minister of Local Government and Environment ordering the cessation of the company’s development of a cemetery until a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) had been conducted.
Reglamento de participación ciudadana para la realización de actividades de hidrocarburos (Decreto Supremo No. 12-2008-EM de 2008)
20/01/2008 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Mining Indigenous peoples PeruEl reglamento tiene por objeto establecer los lineamientos de participación ciudadana conducentes a uniformizar las disposiciones normativas, fortalecer los derechos de acceso a la información, a la participación ciudadana en la gestión ambiental, así como los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y...
