International Instruments
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 17 November 1988, oas Treaty Series No. 69, Protocol of San Salvador.
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources 15 September 1968 (revised on 11 July 2003), 1001 unts 3, African Conservation Convention.
American Convention on Human Rights 21 November 1969, 1144 unts 123, Pact of San José.
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity 29 January 2000, 39 ilm 1027, Cartagena Protocol.
Charter of the Organization of American States 30 April 1948 (amended in 1967, 1985, 1993) 119 unts 3, oas Charter.
Charter of the United Nations 26 June 1945, 1 unts 16.
Convention (No. 169) concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries 27 June 1989, 28 ilm 1382, ilo Convention 169.
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 25 June 1998, 2161 unts 447, Aarhus Convention.
Convention on Biological Diversity 5 June 1992, 1760 unts 79, cbd.
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context 25 February 1991, 1989 unts 309.
Convention on Nuclear Safety 17 June 1994, 1963 unts 293.
Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants 22 May 2001, 40 ilm 532, Stockholm Convention.
Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade 10 September 1998, 2244 unts 337, Rotterdam Convention.
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes 18 March 1992, 1936 unts 269, Helsinki Convention.
Convention on the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents 17 March 1992, 2105 unts 457, Convention on Industrial Accidents.
Inter-American Convention against Racism, Racial Discrimination and Related Forms of Intolerance 5 June 2013, General Assembly Res ag/Res 2805 (xliii-O/13) (Organization of American States).
Inter-American Convention on Protecting the Human Rights of Older Persons 15 June 2015, General Assembly Res ag/Res 2875 (xlv-O/15) (Organization of American States). Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities 7 June 1999, General Assembly Res ag/Res 1608 (Organization of American States).
Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women 9 June 1994, 33 ilm 1534, Convention of Belém do Pará (Organization of American States).
Inter-American Democratic Charter 11 September 2001, 40 ilm 1289 (Organization of American States).
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture 3 November 2001, 2400 unts 379, itpgr.
Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management 5 September 1997, infcirc/546.
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 10 December 1997, 2303 unts 162, Kyoto Protocol.
Minamata Convention on Mercury 10 October 2013, cn560.2014. treaties-xxvii.17, Minamata Convention.
North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation (United States, Mexico, Canada) 14 September 1993, 32 ilm 1480, naaec.
Paris Agreement to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 12 December 2015, fccc/cp/2015/10/Add.1, Paris Agreement.
Protocol amending the International Convention on Civil Liability for Oil Pollution Damage 27 November 1992, 956 unts 255, clc/92.
Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity 29 October 2010, C. N.782.2010.treaties-1, Nagoya Protocol.
Protocol on Civil Liability and Compensation for Damage Caused by the Transboundary Effects of Industrial Accidents on Transboundary Waters 21 May 2003, Doc ece/mp.wat/11-ece/cp.teia/9, Kiev Protocol.
Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context 21 May 2003, 2685 unts 140.
Protocol on Water and Health to the 1992 Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes 17 June 1999, 2331 unts 202, Protocol on Water and Health.
Protocol to amend the Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage 12 September 1997, 2241 unts 302, Vienna Convention.
Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean 4 March 2018, Escazú Agreement. United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 10 December 1982, 1833 unts 396, unclos.
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa 17 June 1994, 33 ilm 1328, unccd.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 9 May 1992, 1771 unts 107, unfccc.
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties 23 May 1969, 8 ilm 679, vclt.
International Documents
cescr, General Comment No. 3: The Nature of States Parties’ Obligations (Art. 2, Para. 1, of the Covenant) 14 December 1990, UN Doc E/1991/23.
cescr, General Comment No. 14 (2000): The Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health (Article 12 of the icescr) 11 August 2000, UN Doc e/c.12/2000/4.
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Declaration of Santiago of the First celac Summit 28 January 2013.
Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment 16 June 1972, 11 ilm 1416, UN. Doc. A/Conf.48/14/Rev. 1, Stockholm Declaration.
Declaration on the Application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Annex 25 July 2012, UN Doc a/conf.216/13, Declaration on the Application of Principle 10.
European Economic and Social Committee, Opinion on the ‘Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Rio+20: towards the Green Economy and Better Governance’ 22 September 2011, (2011/C 376/19).
Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean, Quito Declaration, Annex 1 3 February 2012, unep/lac-ig.xviii/7 (xviii Meeting).
Forum of Ministers of Latin America and the Caribbean, Declaration of Los Cabos 14 March 2014 (xix Meeting).
Human Rights Committee, ccpr General Comment No. 18: Non-discrimination 10 November 1989, Thirty-seventh Session.
Human Rights Committee, General Comment 25: The Right to Participate in Public Affairs, Voting Rights and the Right of Equal Access to Public Service 7 December 1996, UN Doc ccpr/c/21/Rev.1/Add.7. Human Rights Committee, General Comment No. 36 Article 6: Right to Life 30 October 2018, UN Doc ccpr/c/gc/36.
International Law Association, ila New Delhi Declaration of Principles of International Law Relating to Sustainable Development 6 April 2002, UN Doc A/Conf.199/8, Annex.
ipbes, Decision ipbes-5/1 Implementation of the First Work Programme of the Platform 11 March 2017.
iucn World Conservation Congress, Resolution 100 Incorporation of the Rights of Nature as the Organizational Focal Point in iucn’s Decision Making (Jeju, Republic of Korea 6 September 2012) wcc-2012-Res-100-en.
Political Declaration. Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August-4 September 2002 4 September 2002, UN Doc a/conf.199/20, Political Declaration.
Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Part II Global Compact on Refugees 2 August 2018, UN Doc A/73/12 (Part II).
Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development 13 June 1992, a/conf.151/26/Rev.1 (Vol. l), Resolution 1, Annex 2, Agenda 21.
Rio Declaration on Environment and Development 13 June 1992, 31 ilm 874, UN Doc. a/conf.151/26 (Vol. 1), Rio Declaration.
UN Commission on Sustainable Development, Report of the Expert Group Meeting on Identification of Principles of International Law for Sustainable Development: Background Paper for the 4th Session 18 April-3 May 1996 (Geneva 26 September 1995).
unece, Report of the Regional Preparatory Meeting for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development: Addendum. Co-Chairs’ Summary of the Meeting (7 December 2011) UN Doc e/ece/rpm/2011/2/Add.1.
unep Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environmental Forum, Decision ss.xi/5, Part A Guidelines for the Development of National Legislation on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters 26 February 2010, Doc gcss.xi/11, Bali Guidelines.
unep, Final Report of the Twentieth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean (Cartagena, Colombia 31 March 2016) unep/lac-ig.xx/5.
unep, Putting Rio Principle 10 into Action: An Implementation Guide for the unep Bali Guidelines for the Development of National Legislation on Access to Information, Public Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (2015).
unesco, Human Rights: Comments and Interpretations (A Symposium edited by Unesco. With an Introduction by Jacques Maritain, Paris 25 July 1948) unesco/phs/3(rev.). World Conference on Human Rights, Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action 25 June 1993, 32 ilm 1661.
eclac Documents
Access to Information, Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards Achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2018) UN Doc lc/ts.2017/83.
Access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters in Latin American and the Caribbean: Situation, outlook and examples of good practice’ (2013) UN Doc lc/l.3549/rev.2. Series Environment and Development 151.
Afrodescendientes y la Matriz de la Desigualdad Social en América Latina: Retos para la Inclusión. Síntesis (2021). Documentos de Proyectos lc/ts.2021/26.
Article 2: Proposal of Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Uruguay (28 February 2018) Ref Doc lc/cnp10.9/ddr/1.
Article 8 Public Participation in the Environmental Decision-making Process: Proposal by Argentina and Peru, Coordinators of the Contact Group about Article 8 (18 July 2017) Ref Doc lc/cnp10.7/ddr/2.
Article 9 Access to Justice in Environmental Matters: Proposal of Brazil and Chile (23 November 2017) Ref Doc lc/cnp10.8/ddr/5.
Biennial Report (14 June 2008 to 1 June 2010) (2010) UN Doc lc/g.2482-P.
Compilation of Inputs Submitted by the Public (23 October 2015) Reference Doc ddr/1.
Draft Programme of Work of the eclac System, 2014–2015 (2012) UN Doc lc/g.2526(ses.34/5).
Eighth Version Text Compiled of the Proposals for the Preliminary Document (22 January 2018) UN Doc lc/l.4059/Rev.8.
Fourth Version Text Compiled of the Proposals for the Preliminary Document (13 September 2016) UN Doc lc/l.4059/Rev.3.
Future Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Participation and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean and the Procedure for Establishing its Technical Secretariat (20 July 2017) UN Doc lc/cnp10.7/3.
Inputs for the Governments of Latin America and the Caribbean for Formulating a Regional Stance for the Río+20 (2 September 2011) UN Doc lc/l.3367.
Los Pueblos Indígenas de América Latina – Abya Yala y la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible: Tensiones y Desafíos desde una Perspectiva Territorial (2020). Documentos de Proyectos lc/ts.2020/47 (eclac and filac). Preliminary Document of the Regional Instrument (5 May 2015) UN Doc lc/l.3987.
Proposed Modalities for Participation of the Public in the Negotiating Committee: Second Version (3 December 2015) UN Doc lc/l.4058/Rev.1.
Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Santiago 2018) lc/pub.2018/8/-*.
Report of the Eighth Meeting of the Negotiating Committee: Santiago, 27 November-1 December 2017 (5 February 2018) UN Doc lc/cnp10.8/3.
Report of the Fifth Meeting of the Negotiating Committee: Santiago, 21–25 November 2016 (8 February 2017) UN Doc lc/l.4294.
Report of the First Meeting of the Focal Points: Santiago, 6-7 November 2013 (10 January 2013) UN Doc lc/l.3565.
Report of the First Meeting of the Negotiating Committee: Santiago, 5–7 May 2015 (10 August 2015) UN Doc lc/l.4046.
Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Focal Points: Santiago, 4–6 November 2014 (12 March 2015) UN Doc lc/l.3970.
Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Negotiating Committee: Santo Domingo, 9–12 August 2016 (19 October 2016) UN Doc lc/l.4232.
Report of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Meeting Preparatory to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development: Santiago, 7–9 September 2011 (9 January 2012) UN Doc lc/l.3432.
Report of the Ninth Meeting of the Negotiating Committee: San José, 28 February-4 March 2018 (18 May 2018) UN Doc lc/cnp10.9/6/Rev.1.
Report of the Second Meeting of the Focal Points: Guadalajara, 16-17 April 2013 (5 August 2013) UN Doc lc/l.3677.
Report of the Second Meeting of the Negotiating Committee: Panama City, 27–29 October 2015 (13 January 2016) UN Doc lc/l.4125.
Report of the Seventh Meeting of the Negotiating Committee: Buenos Aires, 31 July-4 August 2017 (18 October 2017) UN Doc lc/cnp10.7/4.
Report of the Sixth Meeting of the Negotiating Committee: Brasilia, 20–24 March 2017 (26 May 2017) UN Doc lc/cnp10.6/3.
Report of the Third Meeting of the Focal Points: Lima, 30-31 October 2013 (24 February 2014) UN Doc lc/l.3780.
Report of the Third Meeting of the Negotiating Committee: Montevideo, 5–8 April 2016 (13 June 2016) UN Doc lc/l.4163.
Resolutions Adopted by the Member States of the Commission at its Thirty-Fourth Session (San Salvador 31 August 2012). Second Version Text Compiled of the Proposals for the Preliminary Document (3 December 2015) UN Doc lc/l.4059/Rev.1.
Seventh Version Text Compiled of the Proposals for the Preliminary Document (6 September 2017) UN Doc lc/l.4059/Rev.6.
Sixth Version Text Compiled of the Proposals for the Preliminary Document (13 April 2017) UN Doc lc/l.4059/Rev.5.
Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2019 (Santiago 2020) UN Doc c/pub.2020/2-P.
Sustainable Development 20 Years on from the Earth Summit: Progress, Gaps and Strategic Guidelines for Latin America and the Caribbean (March 2012) UN Doc lc/l.3346/Rev.1.
Text Compiled for the Second Meeting of the Negotiating Committee (22 October 2015) UN Doc lc/l.4059(cnp10.2/4).
The Inefficiency of Inequality (2018) lc/ses.37/3-P.
Time for Equality: Closing Gaps, Opening Trails (Santiago May 2010) UN Doc lc/g.2432(ses.33/3).
Resolutions
Res 686 (xxxv) Application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean 9 May 2014, 35th Sessions Period, Lima.
Escazú Agreement Documents
Decision i/1 Rules of Procedure of the Conference of the Parties 22 April 2022, 22–00344 (cop to the Escazú Agreement).
Decision i/2 Election of Presiding Officers 22 April 2022, 22–00344 (cop to the Escazú Agreement).
Decision i/3 Rules Relating to the Structure and Functions of the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance 22 April 2022, 22–00344 (cop to the Escazú Agreement).
Decision i/4 Financial Arrangements 22 April 2022, 22–00344 (cop to the Escazú Agreement).
Decision i/5 Subsequent Meetings of the Conference of the Parties 22 April 2022, 22–00344 (cop to the Escazú Agreement).
Decision i/6 Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters 22 April 2022, 22–00344 (cop to the Escazú Agreement).
Political Declaration 22 April 2022, UN Doc 22–00357 (cop to the Escazú Agreement).
Analytical Study on the Fundamental Principle of Non-discrimination in the Context of Globalization: Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (15 January 2004) UN Doc e/cn.4/2004/40.
Analytical Study on the Fundamental Principle of Participation and its Application in the Context of Globalization: Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (23 December 2004) UN Doc e/cn.4/2005/41.
Analytical Study on the Relationship between Human Rights and the Environment: Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (16 December 2011) UN Doc a/hrc/19/34.
Consultation Report Human Rights and the Environment: Procedural Rights related to Environmental Protection: Convened by Knox J, ohchr and unep (Nairobi, Kenya 22 February 2013).
Draft Legally Binding Instrument to Regulate the Activities of Transnational Corporations prepared by the Working Group on tncs: Third Revised Draft (17 August 2021).
Draft Optional Protocol to the Legally Binding Instrument to Regulate the Activities of Transnational Corporations prepared by the Working Group on tncs (2 January 2019).
Human Rights and the Environment: Final Report prepared by Mrs. Fatma Zohra Ksentini, Special Rapporteur (6 July 1994) UN Doc e/cn.4/Sub.2/1994/9, Annex i ‘Draft Principles on Human Rights and the Environment’.
Liberalization of Trade in Services and Human Rights: Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Executive Summary’ (25 June 2002) UN Doc e/cn.4/Sub.2/2002/9.
Report of the Independent Expert on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, John H. Knox: Preliminary Report (24 December 2012) a/hrc/22/43.
Report of the Independent Expert on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, John H. Knox: Mapping Report (30 December 2013) a/hrc/25/53.
Report of the Independent Expert on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, John H. Knox: Compilation of Good Practices (3 February 2015) a/hrc/28/61.
Report of the Independent Expert on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable
Environment, John H. Knox: Implementation Report (28 December 2015) a/hrc/31/53. Report of the Independent Expert on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, John H. Knox: Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity (19 January 2017) a/hrc/34/49.
Report of the Independent Expert on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, John H. Knox: Annex Framework Principles (24 January 2018) UN Doc a/hrc/37/59.
Report of the Independent Expert on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, John H. Knox (19 July 2018) UN Doc A/73/188.
Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston: Climate Change and Poverty (17 July 2019) UN Doc a/hrc/41/39.
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Health, Paul Hunt: The Right of Everyone to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health. Addendum. Mission to the World Trade Organization (1 March 2004) UN Doc e/cn.4/2004/49/Add.1.
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya: Extractive Industries Operating within or near Indigenous Territories (11 July 2011) a/hrc/18/35.
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Michel Forst: Impunity for Human Rights Violations Committed Against Human Rights Defenders (15 July 2019) UN Doc A/74/159.
Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises, John Ruggie: Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework (21 March 2011) UN Doc a/hrc/17/31.
Resolutions
Res 19/10 Human Rights and the Environment 19 April 2012, UN Doc a/hrc/res/19/10.
Res 21/19 Promotion and Protection of the Human Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 11 October 2012, UN Doc a/hrc/res/21/19.
Res 34/20 Human Rights and the Environment 6 April 2017, UN Doc a/hrc/res/34/20.
Res 40/11 Recognizing the Contribution of Environmental Human Rights Defenders to the Enjoyment of Human Rights, Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development 2 April 2019, UN Doc a/hrc/res/40/11. Res 48/13 The Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment 8 October 2021, UN Doc a/hrc/res/48/13.
Organization of American States Documents
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man adopted by the Ninth International Conference of American States, Bogotá, Colombia 2 May 1948, American Declaration.
American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 15 June 2016, General Assembly Res ag/Res 2888 (xlvi-O/16).
Declaration of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. Summit on Sustainable Development 7 December 1996.
Human Rights and the Environment 5 June 2001, General Assembly Res ag/Res 1819 (xxxi-O/01).
Inter-American Strategy for the Promotion of Public Participation in Decision-Making for Sustainable Development (2001) oea/Ser.d/xxiii.1.
Implementation of the Protocol of San Salvador 4 June 2014, General Assembly Res ag/res. 2823 (xliv-O/14).
Preliminary Draft Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights (Pact of San Jose) 20 November 1982, General Assembly Res ag/res. 619 (xii-0/82).
Progress Indicators for Measuring Rights Under Rights Protocol of San Salvador: Second Group of Rights (Washington DC 5 November 2013) oea/Ser.L/xxv.2.1 gt/pss/doc.9/13.
Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 1 October 1979, oas. Off Rec oea/Ser.P/ix.0.2/80, Vol. 1 at 88.
iachr Documents
Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 1984–1985 (1 October 1985) oea/Ser.L/v/ii.66 Doc. 10 rev. 1.
Annual Report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 1985–1986 (26 September 1986) oea/Ser.L/v/ii.68 Doc. 8 rev. 1.
Compendium Equality and Non-Discrimination: Inter-American Standards (12 February 2019) oea/Ser.L/v/ii.171 Doc. 31.
Indigenous and Tribal Peoples’ Rights over their Ancestral Lands and Natural Resources: Norms and Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Human Rights System (30 December 2009) oea/Ser. L/v/ii. Doc. 56/09.
Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendent Communities, and Natural Resources: Human Rights Protection in the Context of Extraction, Exploitation, and Development Activities (31 December 2015) oea/Ser.L/v/ii. Doc. 47/15. Report on Poverty and Human Rights in the Americas (7 September 2017) oea/Ser.L/v/ii164 Doc. 147.
Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Ecuador (24 April 1997) oea/Ser.L/v/ii.96 Doc. 10 rev. 1.
Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 1 August 2013.
Second Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in the Americas (31 December 2011) oea/Ser. L/v. ii. Doc. 66.
Towards Effective Integral Protection Policies for Human Rights Defenders (29 December 2017) oea/Ser.L/v/ii. Doc. 207/17.
ilc Documents
Draft Conclusions on Identification of Customary International Law, with Commentaries: Adopted at the 70th Session (2018) (ilc).
First Report on General Principles of Law: by Marcelo Vásquez-Bermúdez, Special Rapporteur (5 April 2019) UN Doc a/cn.4/732 (ilc).
Fragmentation of International Law: Difficulties Arising from the Diversification and Expansion of International Law. Report of the Study Group of the ilc finalized by Martti Koskenniemi (13 April 2006) UN Doc a/cn.4/l.682 (ilc).
Report of the International Law Commission on the Work of its 53rd Session – Draft Articles on Prevention of Transboundary Harm from Hazardous Activities (10 August 2001) UN Doc A/56/10, ch v.e. (ilc).
unga Documents
Charter of the Economic Rights and Duties of States 12 December 1974, unga Res 3281 (xxix), UN Doc a/res/29/3281 (unga).
Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations 24 October 1970, unga Res 2625(xxv), UN Doc a/res/25/2625 (unga).
Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms 8 March 1999, unga Res 53/144, UN Doc a/res/53/144, Declaration on Human Rights Defenders (unga).
Declaration on the Right to Development 4 December 1986, unga Res 41/128, UN Doc a/res/41/128 (unga). Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, Annex 19 December 2018, unga Res 73/195, UN Doc a/res/73/195.
Harmony with Nature 12 February 2010, unga Res 64/196, UN Doc a/res/64/196 (unga).
Harmony with Nature: Note by the Secretary-General (1 August 2016) UN Doc A/71/266.
Implementation of Agenda 21, the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development 31 March 2010, unga Res 64/236, UN Doc a/res/64/236 (unga).
International Mother Earth Day 1 May 2009, unga Res 63/278, UN Doc a/res/63/278 (unga).
The Future We Want, Annex 11 September 2012, unga Res 62/288, a/res/66/288 (unga).
The Human Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment 28 July 2022, unga Res 76/300, UN Doc a/res/76/300 (unga).
Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 21 October 2015, unga Res 70/1, UN Doc a/res/70/1 (unga).
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 13 September 2007, unga Res 61/295, UN Doc a/res/61/295, Annex, undrip (unga).
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas 28 September 2018, unga Res 39/12, UN Doc a/hrc/res/39/12 (unga).
Decisions and Documents under Various Conventions
Decision i/7 Review of Compliance 2 April 2004, UN Doc ece/mp.pp/2/Add.8 (Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention).
Decision ii/4 Promoting the Application of the Principles of the Aarhus Convention in International Forums 27 May 2005, UN Doc ece/mp.pp/2005/2/Add.5, Almaty Guidelines (Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention).
Decision vi/24 A Bonn Guidelines on Access to Genetic Resources and Fair and Equitable Sharing of the Benefits Arising out of their Utilization 19 April 2002, Bonn Guidelines (cop to the cbd).
Decision vii/16F Article 8(j) and Related Provisions: Akwé: Kon Voluntary Guidelines 20 February 2004 (cop to the cbd).
Decision vii/28. Protected Areas (Articles 8 (a) to (e)) 13 April 2004, unep/cbd/cop/dec/vii/28 (cop to the cbd).
Decision vii/9 on a Rapid Response Mechanism to Deal with Cases Related to Article 3 (8) of the Convention 18 October 2021, ece/mp.pp/2021/2/Add.1 (Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention). Decision xiii/18 Article 8(j) and Related Provisions: Mo’ otz Kuxtal Voluntary Guidelines 17 December 2016, cbd/cop/dec/xiii/18, Mo’ otz Kuxtal Guidelines (cop to the cbd).
Report of the Fourth Session of the Meeting of the Parties: Addendum. Chisinau Declaration and Decisions Adopted (19 August 2011) UN Doc ece/mp.pp/2011/2/Add.1 (Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention).
Other Legislation
Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador 2008, Official Registry No. 449.
Ley de Derechos de la Madre Tierra 21 December 2010, Ley No. 071 (Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional de Bolivia).
Ley Marco de la Madre Tierra y Desarrollo Integral para Vivir Bien 15 October 2012, Ley No. 300 (Asamblea Legislativa Plurinacional de Bolivia).
Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River) Claims Settlement Bill 14 March 2017, Government Bill 129 – 2 (Parliament of New Zealand).
Whanganui River Deed of Settlement between the Crown and Whanganui Iwi 5 August 2014 (New Zealand Government).