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Environmental Rights Act (SNWT 2019, c 19).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Northwest Territories
Document type
Legislation
Date
2019 (2023)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Right to clean/healthy environment Access-to-information Access-to-justice Biodiversity Equity Sustainable development Human rights Pollution control Protection of environment Hazards Risk assessment/management Inspection Court/tribunal Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Precautionary principle Polluter pays principle
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

The purposes of this Act are (a) to protect the right of the people of the Northwest Territories to a healthy environment; (b) to provide the people of the Northwest Territories with tools to exercise their right to protect the integrity, biological diversity and productivity of the ecosystems in the Northwest Territories; (c) to ensure that the Government of the Northwest Territories carries out its responsibility, within its jurisdiction, to protect the environmental rights of the people of the Northwest Territories; and (d) to ensure that the Government of the Northwest Territories carries out its responsibility to make environmental information accessible to the public in a reasonable, timely, culturally appropriate and affordable manner.

Full text
English/French
Website
www.justice.gov.nt.ca

References - Legislation

Repeals

Environmental Rights Act (R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. 83 (Supp.).

Legislation | Canada | 1988 (2014)

Keyword: Pollution control, Court/tribunal

Source: FAO, FAOLEX