The Human Right to a Healthy Environment
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| Anteprima |
The
absence of a globally recognized right to a healthy environment has not
prevented the development of human rights norms relating to the
environment. Indeed, one of the most noteworthy aspects of human rights
law over the last twenty years is that UN treaty bodies, regional
tribunals, special rapporteurs, and other human rights mechanisms have
applied human rights law to environmental issues even without a
stand-alone, justiciable human right to a healthy environment. In The
Human Right to a Healthy Environment, a diverse set of scholars and
practitioners, all of whom have been instrumental in defining the
relationship between human rights and the environment, provide their
thoughts on what is, or should be, the role of an international human
right to a healthy environment. The right to a healthy environment could
be a capstone to this field of law, could help to provide structure to
it, or could move it in new directions.
