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Environmental Governance

Definition(s)

A penalty or coersive measure that results from failure to comply with the law, rule or order (Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2007)

Hierarchy

Broader: enforcement

In other languages

French
sanction
Russian
санкция
Spanish
sanción
Chinese, Simplified
制裁
Arabic
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with sanction

You can see below a list of multilateral environment agreements. Use the links on the right to view the content tagged with sanction. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related informational documents such as publications, annuals, meetings, documents or reports.
Basel Convention
Stockholm Convention
Rotterdam Convention