ENVIRONMENY LAW

COURSE CONTENTS

Introduction

• Introduction
• Historical background
• Practical significance / Multidisciplinary aspect connection with human rights
• Source
  • Ethics
  • Islamic provisions on environmental law
  • World Conservation Strategies, National conversation Strategy,
  • Provincial Conservation Strategies
  • National Biodiversity Action Plan
• Principles
  • Precautionary
  • Polluter Pays
  • Inter-generational equity
  • Prevention
  • Cooperation / mutual assistance
  • Sovereignty
• Theories of enforcement and compliance

International

• Soft Law (e.g., Stockholm, Rio)
  • Multilateral agreements
  • Biodiversity (5 conventions)
  • Marine (e.g., Los MARPOL)
  • Desertification (CCD)
  • Climate (e.g., FCCC, Kytoto)
  • Air (e.g., Vienna, Montreal)
  • Waste (e.g., Basel)
  • Nuclear
  • Trade (e.g. WTO, TRIPS)
• Dispute resolution
• INGOs
• ISO 14000

Regional
Soft Law (e.g., Langkawi Declaration)

• Agreement
  • ASEAN
  • S.ASIAN Regional Seas
  • Indus Basin Commission
  • Mekong River Commission
  • Marine Turtles
  • Aquaculture
  • Antiquities
• Institutional infrastructure
  • ASEAN
  • SAARC Law
  • SACEP
  • UNEP / ESCAP

NATIONAL

• Constitutional
  • 1956, 1962, 1973
• Statutory
  • a) Federal
  • Easement Act
  • PEPA 1997
  • NEQS
  • Sectoral
  • b) Provincial
  • Case Law / Common Law
• Institutional infrastructure
  • a) Federal
  • PEPC
  • EPA
  • Judiciary
  • b) Provincial
  • EPA
  • Sustainable Development Funds
  • Tribunals
• Enforcement / Compliance
  • i. Theory
  • ii. Market Instrument
  • iii. Practice
• Techniques
  • i. EIA / IIE
  • ii. Procedural / Practical