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Arab League specialized institutions on Human Rights
Created on: 30/07/2013 - Last Update: 26/9/2013
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The Arab Charter on Human Rights
Created on: 30/07/2013 - Last Update: 26/9/2013
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Arab League presentation - infrastructureThe League of Arab States, commonly called Arab League is a regional organization that consists of independent Arab States in...
Created on: 25/07/2013 - Last Update: 26/9/2013
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The Judgement of the Permanent People’s Tribunal, May 2010In May 2010, the Permanent People's Tribunal met in Madrid to hold its session on 'The European Union and Transnational...
Created on: 21/10/2011 - Last Update: 21/10/2011
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Agrofuels and climate change: a false solutionThe opinion supporting the spread of agrofuels highlights their better performance, in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, in the final...
Created on: 21/10/2011 - Last Update: 21/10/2011
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The inhuman working conditions in monocropping plantations as new forms of slaveryMany field studies show that workers employed in the agroenergy plantations are contracted as temporary labourers and they cannot break...
Created on: 21/10/2011 - Last Update: 21/10/2011
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The effects of the production and the use of agrofuels on human rights: the indigenous peoples’ right to natural resources...The international instruments on the rights of indigenous peoples recognise their right to natural resources. A specific right to water...
Created on: 21/10/2011 - Last Update: 21/10/2011
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Land tenure and agrofuelsOne of the first obstacles to the enjoyment of the right to lands, territories and natural resources is the uncertainty...
Created on: 21/10/2011 - Last Update: 21/10/2011
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The effects of the production and the use of agrofuels on human rights: the indigenous peoples' right to land and...Evictions, expropriations and displacements justified by official discourses on the necessities of development implemented by unlawful and often violent means...
Created on: 21/10/2011 - Last Update: 21/10/2011
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The effects of the production and the use of agrofuels on human rights: the right to waterThe entire production cycle of agrofuels, from sowing to processing, requires a great amount of water: both for irrigation of...
Created on: 19/10/2011 - Last Update: 19/10/2011
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The effects of the production and the use of agrofuels on human rights: the right to foodThe increasing demand for agrofuels at the global level determined a growing pressure on land. Due to this increased pressure,...
Created on: 19/10/2011 - Last Update: 19/10/2011
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Defining sustainabilityThe first definition commnly accepted of sustainability was given in 1987 by the Brundtland Report. Then the concept developed and...
Created on: 12/10/2011 - Last Update: 12/10/2011
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The weaknesses of the sustainability criteria in the REDThe Renewable Energy Directive, adopted in 2009 by the EU, establishes sustainability standards for agrofuels both produced within the EU...
Created on: 12/10/2011 - Last Update: 12/10/2011
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Sustainability criteria in the RED: decision-making process and final outcomeThe RED fixes sustainability criteria conceived as limits or conditions under which the agrofuels consumed in the EU can be...
Created on: 12/10/2011 - Last Update: 12/10/2011
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The EU’s role in promoting the production and the use of agrofuels: the 2009 Renewable Energy DirectiveThe Renewable Energy Directive (RED) adopted on April 2009 by the European Parliament and the Council opens a new scenario...
Created on: 12/10/2011 - Last Update: 12/10/2011
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