“An Idea Whose Time Has Come”
On an Emerging Right to a Healthy Environment
Atapattu, Sumudu
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2019
Verfassungsblog
2019-10-29
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Human rights institutions have long grappled with the question whether established rights could be violated by environmental degradation. For most people, the short answer is, of course, yes. People have suffered for decades from health impacts of air pollution, contaminated water, odors and the like. The latest global issue to have a huge impact on the enjoyment of rights is climate change. Despite the close link between environmental degradation and the enjoyment of rights, international human rights law does not, as yet, recognize a right to a healthy environment as a human right.
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Atapattu, Sumudu
funded by the government
climate change
Human Rights
international environmental law
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https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/an-idea-whose-time-has-come/
Verfassungsblog
2366-7044
Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH
10.17176/20191030-042814-0
191029
10.17176/20191030-042814-0
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