Sample Innovative Charters

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Policy Manifesto for Scotland's Environment, People and Economy: A Charter for Sustainable Development. 2007

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World Social Forum: A citizens declaration for fair, humane and sustainable development.

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General principles of Sustainable Design 
The Hannover Principles as a set of guidelines for the Swall Institute design process. 2000.

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Melbourne Principles For Sustainable Cities. 

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The Equator Principles: A financial industry benchmark for determining , assessing and managing social & environmental risk in project financing.
International Finance, July 2006

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A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child

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multinational_environment_agreements.pdf
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the_dallas_principles.pdf
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barcelona_manifesto.pdf
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wmw_global_charter.pdf
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bellagio.pdf
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charter_for_compassion.pdf
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Global Declarations
Environment and Sustainability

• Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, 1972
• Our Common Future: Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development June 1987
• United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
• Agenda 21
• United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD) December 1992  implementing a recommendation in Chapter 38 of Agenda 21 
• United Nations Conference on Environment & Development / Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro. June 1992 
• Dublin Statement on Water and Sustainable Development, International Conference on Water and the Environment: Development Issues for the 21st Century, Dublin, Ireland (1992).
  
• Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1998, entered into force Feb. 16, 2005.
  
• Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, June 25, 1998, entered into force Oct. 30, 2001.
  
• The Need to Ensure a Healthy Environment for the Well-Being of Individuals, 
  (1990).
  
• Open-Ended Working Group on an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Draft Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, (Apr. 4, 2008).
• Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
  
• World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, August/September 2002
• Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development
• Commission on Sustainable Development
• UN DESA - Division for Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Development Issues Network
• Stakeholder Forum

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Poverty and Economic Opportunity

• Employment Policy Convention (ILO No. 122), entered into force July 9, 1965.
• Convention concerning the Promotion of Collective Bargaining (ILO No. 154), entered into force Aug. 11, 1983.
• Convention concerning Occupational Safety and Health and the Working Environment (ILO No. 155), entered into force Aug. 11, 1983.
• International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, entered into force July 1, 2003. 
  
• Convention concerning Minimum Wage Fixing, with Special Reference to Developing Countries (ILO No. 131), entered into force April 29, 1972.
  
• Recommendation concerning Minimum Wage Fixing, with Special Reference to Developing Countries  June 22, 1970.
  
• Convention concerning the Protection of Wages (ILO No. 95), entered into force September 24, 1952.
  
• ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, 
  June 18, 1998
  
• Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition, adopted by the World Food Conference, Rome, (1974).
  
• Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security, Report of the 30th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), Annex 1 (2004). 
  
• The Practice of Forced Evictions: Comprehensive Human Rights Guidelines On Development-Based Displacement, adopted by the Expert Seminar on the Practice of Forced Evictions, Geneva, 11-13 June 1997.
  
• A Human Rights Approach to Poverty Reduction Strategies: Draft Guidelines, 
  10 September 2002.