strategy
Ensuring equal access to legal redress for environmental harm
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.Agenda 21 recommends that governments and legislators, with the support of competent international organizations where appropriate, should establish judicial and administrative procedures for legal redress and remedy of actions affecting environment and development that may be unlawful or infringe on rights under the law, and should provide access to individuals, groups and organizations with a recognized legal interest.
Facilitated by:
Regulating environmental protection Values:
HarmIllegality Subjects:
Commerce → InsuranceSocietal Problems → Maltreatment
Law → Legality
Environment → Environment
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
