Environmental Protection and Human Rights

ISBN-13: 9780521766388 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 1026 str.

Donald K Anton

Opis

Provides an introduction to the relationship between environmental protection and human rights, being formalized into law in many legal systems.

Spis treści

1. Law and the environment; 2. The environment as a human rights issue; 3. An introduction to human rights origins and theory; 4. The international protection of human rights; 5. International human rights institutions and procedures; 6. Substantive human rights; 7. Procedural human rights and the environment; 8. Indigenous peoples, rights and the environment; 9. Humanitarian crises: armed conflicts and other disasters; 10. Environmental rights and international finance: the World Bank example; 11. Human rights, the environment, and corporate accountability; 12. Case studies.