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BELA v. Min. of Agriculture and others, Writ Petition No. 14614 of 2019 (Supreme Court of Bangladesh) (5 Jan 2020)
BELA v. Ministry of Agriculture and others, Writ Petition No. 14614 of 2019 (High Court Division of the Supreme Court) (5 January 2020)
Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Assoc. v. Ministry of Agriculture and others, Writ Petition No. 14614 of 2019 (5 January 2020) Supreme Court of Bangladesh – High Court Division Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) petitioned the High Court Division of the Supreme…
Jugement Correctionnel, Cour d’Appel de Lyon, No. 19168000015 (16 Sept 2019)
The French Criminal Court in Lyon, on September 16, 2019, excused civil disobedience as an appropriate way to address the government when the government is not taking sufficient action in a vital area such as climate change.
Jitendra Singh v. Ministry of Environment
Jitendra Singh v. Ministry of Environment , Civil Appeal 5109 of 2019 (25 November 2019)Supreme Court of India An industrial company attempted to forcibly take over and fill nearly five acres of communal ponds in village Saini, near New Delhi,…
Sentence SU698/17 (Arroyo Bruno case), Constitutional Court of Colombia
Representatives of Wayuu indigenous communities presented constitutional claims against government authorities and a mining company (Cerrejón) for threatening their fundamental rights to water, food, and health by diverting a 3-kilometer section of a stream (Arroyo Bruno) in order to expand…
Director: Mineral Development, Gauteng Region v Save the Vaal Environment (Case No. 133/98)[1999] SCA 9, Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa (12 March 1999)
Director: Mineral Development, Gauteng Region v Save the Vaal Environment (Case No. 133/98)[1999] SCA 9, Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa (12 March 1999), available at or A local environmental association (“Save the Vaal Environment”) petitioned South…
Vietnam: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) laws
Law on Environmental Protection (2014) Decree No. 18/2015/ND-CP on Environmental Protection Planning, Strategic Environmental Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment, and Environmental Protection Plans (2015) Decree No. 40/2019/ND-CP on Amendments to Decrees on Guidelines for the Law on Environment Protection (2019)
National Environment Act, 2019
An Act to reform the law relating to environmental management in Uganda and to provide for the management of the
environment.
Saudi Arabia: Environmental Impact Assessment Laws and Regulations
Saudi Arabia Environmental Impact Assessment Laws Environmental Act No. 193, promulgated by Royal Decree No. M/34 of 2001 (English translation not available as of July 2019) General Environmental Regulations and Rules for Implementation, 2001 & Appendices (Appendix 1 – Environmental…