Synopses & Reviews
This collection of essays explores linkages between the environment and human rights, and responds to the growing debate among activists, lawyers, academics and policy-makers on the legal status of environmental rights in both international and domestic law. The collection offers a sustained analysis which addresses both the conceptual and practical problems of environmental rights.
Review
"Overall this volume provides a balanced overview of the advantages, complexities and possible limits of a rights-based approach in the environmental area."
--The American Journal of International Law
Review
"Overall this volume provides a balanced overview of the advantages, complexities and possible limits of a rights-based approach in the environmental area."
--The American Journal of International Law
About the Author
Alan E. Boyle, Professor of International Law, University of Edinburgh, and
Michael R. Anderson, Director of Studies, British Institute for International and Comparative Law
Table of Contents
1: Michael Anderson: Human Rights Approaches to Environmental Protection: An Overview
International Dimensions
2: Professor J. G. Merrills: Environmental Protection and Human Rights: Conceptual Aspects
3: Professor Alan Boyle: The Role of International Human Rights Law and the Protection of the Environment
4: Catherine Redgwell: Life, The Universe and Everything: A Critique of Anthropocentric Rights
5: Dr Robin Churchill: Environmental Rights in Existing Human Rights Treaties
6: S. Douglas-Scott: Environmental Rights in the European Union: Participatory Democracy or Democratic Deficit
7: James Cameron and Ruth Mackenzie: Access to Environmental Justice and Procedural Rights in International Institutions
National Case Studies
8: François du Bois: Social Justice and the Judicial Enforcement of Environmental Rights and Duties
9: Jan Glazewski: Environmental Rights and the New South African Constitution
10: Michael Anderson: Individual Rights to Environmental Protection in India
11: Dr Andrew Harding: Practical Human Rights, NGOs and the Environment in Malaysia
12: Adriana Fabra: Indiginous peoples, Environmental Degradation and Human Rights: A Case Study
13: Edesio Fernandez: Constitutional Environmental Rights in Brazil
14: Martin Lau: Islam and Judicial Activism: Public Address Litigation under Environmental Protection in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
1. Human Rights Approaches to Environmental Protection: An Overview, Michael Anderson
International Dimensions
2. Environmental Protection and Human Rights: Conceptual Aspects, Professor J. G. Merrills
3. The Role of International Human Rights Law and the Protection of the Environment, Professor Alan Boyle
4. Life, The Universe and Everything: A Critique of Anthropocentric Rights, Catherine Redgwell
5. Environmental Rights in Existing Human Rights Treaties, Dr Robin Churchill
6. Environmental Rights in the European Union: Participatory Democracy or Democratic Deficit, S. Douglas-Scott
7. Access to Environmental Justice and Procedural Rights in International Institutions, James Cameron and Ruth Mackenzie
National Case Studies
8. Social Justice and the Judicial Enforcement of Environmental Rights and Duties, François du Bois
9. Environmental Rights and the New South African Constitution, Jan Glazewski
10. Individual Rights to Environmental Protection in India, Michael Anderson
11. Practical Human Rights, NGOs and the Environment in Malaysia, Dr Andrew Harding
12. Indiginous peoples, Environmental Degradation and Human Rights: A Case Study, Adriana Fabra
13. Constitutional Environmental Rights in Brazil, Edesio Fernandez
14. Islam and Judicial Activism: Public Address Litigation under Environmental Protection in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Martin Lau