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Human rights and the environment : volume I / Shelton, Dinah L. (ed.) - (Human rights law ; 2), xviii, 777 p.. - Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar publ., 2011.

ISBN 978-1-84980-138-6

LANGUAGE: ENG

ABSTRACT: VOLUME I: Introduction Dinah L. Shelton. PART I THEORETICAL APPROACHES:. 1. Joseph L. Sax (1990), ‘The Search for Environmental Rights’. 2. James W. Nickel (1993), ‘The Human Right to a Safe Environment: Philosophical Perspectives on Its Scope and Justification’. 3. Günther Handl (1992), ‘Human Rights and Protection of the Environment: A Mildly ‘Revisionist’ View’. 4. Sumudu Atapattu (2002), ‘The Right to a Healthy Life or the Right to Die Polluted?: The Emergence of a Human Right to a Healthy Environment Under International Law’. 5. Alan Boyle (2007), ‘Human Rights or Environmental Rights? A Reassessment’. 6. Roda Mushkat (2009), ‘Contextualizing Environmental Human Rights: A Relativist Perspective’. 7. Hari M. Osofsky (2005), ‘Learning from Environmental Justice: A New Model for International Environmental Rights’. 8. Richard P. Hiskes (2005), ‘The Right to a Green Future: Human Rights, Environmentalism, and Intergenerational Justice’. 9. James R. May (2006), ‘Constituting Fundamental Environmental Rights Worldwide’. 10. Prudence E. Taylor (1998), ‘From Environmental to Ecological Human Rights: A New Dynamic in International Law?’. PART II SPECIFIC ISSUES AND PROBLEMS:. 11. Malgosia Fitzmaurice (2007), ‘The Human Right to Water’. 12. Paul L. Joffe (2009), ‘Conscience and Interest: Law, Rights, and Politics in the Struggle to Confront Climate Change and the New Poverty’. 13. Marc Limon (2009), ‘Human Rights and Climate Change: Constructing a Case for Political Action’. 14. Cyril Uchenna Gwam (2002), ‘Adverse Effects of the Illicit Movement and Dumping of Hazardous, Toxic, and Dangerous Wastes and Products on the Enjoyment of Human Rights’. 15. Michael N. Schmitt (2000), ‘Humanitarian Law and the Environment’. 16. Christopher Tracy (1994), ‘The Roots of Influence: Nongovernmental Organizations and the Relationship Between Human Rights and the Environment’. 17. Daniel Barstow Magraw and Lauren Baker (2007), ‘Globalization, Communities and Human Rights: Community-Based Property Rights and Prior Informed Consent’.

INDEX WORDS:
* miljörätt = environmental law = ympäristöoikeus
* mänskliga rättigheter = human rights = ihmisoikeudet
* trygg miljö = safe environment = turvallinen ympäristö
* nationell rätt = national law = kansallinen oikeus
* ursprungsfolk = indigenous peoples = alkuperäiskansat
* hälsosam miljö = healthy environment = terveellinen ympäristö
* ICJ = ICJ = ICJ
* rättsfall/rättspraxis = cases/case law = oikeustapaukset/oikeuskäytäntö
* rätt till liv = right to life = oikeus elämään
* rätt till vatten = right to water = oikeus veteen
* humanitär rätt = humanitarian law = humanitaarinen oikeus
* kommittén för de mänskliga rättigheterna = Human Rights Committee = ihmisoikeuskomitea

NOTE (GENERAL): Stockholm declaration; ICESCR-16; CRC-24; Convention concerning indigenous and tribal peoples in independent countries (ILO convention no. 169); ACHPR-24; Rio declaration; Protocol of San Salvador; European charter on environment and health; Aarhus convention; ECHR; ICESCR; ICCPR-19, UDHR; Framework convention on climate change; Basel convention;

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