Legal frameworks & institutions
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Are new approaches to global governance needed to address climate change effectively?
- ( J. Drexhage / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2008)
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While at its core climate change remains an environmental issue, the responses required to effectively address it lie far beyond traditional environmental challenges. As such, legitimate questions ...
Asian perspectives on development and the future climate regime
- ( A. Srinivasan / Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan , 2008)
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With a view to fostering constructive thinking and consensus-building on ways to strengthen the current climate regime, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) has been organising ...
- Barriers to freedom of association in Mediterranean countries
- ( K. Chammari;M. Gantous;T. Guillet / Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network , 2007)
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Since the September 2001 attacks, many states in the Mediterranean region have been implementing repressive strategies aimed at restricting freedom of association, of assembly and of expression. Hu...
- How can the Clean Development Mechanism be made more effective?
- ( E. Boyd;N., E. Hultman;T. Roberts / , 2007)
- This paper provides an analysis of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) highlighting current practices and future directions that need to be at taken to strengthen policy. ...
- A technical examination of the Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- ( United Nations [UN] Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women , 2008)
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The Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was ratified by the Philippines in 1981. This benchbook seeks to contribute to the clarification of how juris...
The right to food from a gender perspective: a consideration of international law and state practice
- ( I. Rae / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2008)
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This paper provides a cross-cutting analysis of the right to food from a gender perspective, examining relevant international instruments as well as state practice. The discussion is ...
- Access to justice for the poor in Latin America
- ( R. Gargarella / Centro de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT) , 2008)
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Given the importance assigned to social and participatory rights in Latin American constitutions, it may seem surprising that the poor find it so difficult assert them. This paper discusses access ...
- Regulation as a mode of governance
- ( M. Minogue / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester , 2005)
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Interest in regulation as a mode of governance is now a central feature of the literature on regulation in developed economies. Extending this area of study to developing and transitional economies...
- De-regulation within a regulatory framework
- ( S. Hafeez / Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations , 2003)
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The receding role of direct state intervention coupled with a consensus on private sector-led growth and development has led to a reduction in economic regulation of industries. Most developing cou...
- Rwanda’s gender-based violence bill
- ( E, Pearson / Hunt Alternatives Fund , 2008)
- In August 2006, members of Rwanda’s Chamber of Deputies debated a landmark piece of legislation. The “Draft Law on Prevention, Protection and Punishment of Any Gender-Based Violence,&rdquo...
