Chemicals and Waste
Environmental Governance
Definition(s)
Prior Informed Consent and Advanced Informed Agreement procedures provide for the regulation of international exchange of resources or products that could have adverse effects on human health and the environment. Such exchange may not proceed without the informed agreement or consent of, or contrary to the decision of, the competent authority in the recipient country. (Source: InforMEA glossary)
Hierarchy
Broader: Environmental Rule of Law
In other languages
French
consentement suite à information
Russian
предварительное согласие
Spanish
consenso previa información
Chinese, Simplified
事先知情同意
Arabic
موافقة مسبقة عليمة
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with prior informed consent
You can see below a list of multilateral environment agreements. Use the links on the right to
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prior informed consent. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related
informational documents such as publications, annuals, meetings, documents or reports.
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Convention on Biological Diversity | 1 article or paragraph |
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Basel Convention | 3 articles and paragraphs5 decisions64 documents |
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Stockholm Convention | 1 article or paragraph2 decisions31 documents |
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Cartagena Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Nagoya Protocol | 4 articles and paragraphs |
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Rotterdam Convention | 4 articles and paragraphs5 decisions313 documents |
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Hazardous Wastes Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Minamata Convention on Mercury | 1 article or paragraph1 decision |