Human rights and the environment : key issues

Cover
Endorsement
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Tables
Cases
Part I: Introduction and evolution
	Chapter 1: Human rights and environmental protection: framing the issues
		Introduction
		What are environmental rights?
		The tale of three frameworks
		Environmental justice
		Sustainable development
		From Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals
		Sustainable Development Goals
		Sustainable development versus sustainability
		Critical voices
		Other frameworks
		Structure of the volume
		References
	Chapter 2: Emergence of a human right to a healthy environment
		Introduction
		Articulation of environmental rights and jurisprudential bases
		An overview of human rights institutions
		Developments at the UN: the creation of special mandates
		Appointment of a Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes
		Proposals that have been advanced
		Conclusion
		Note
		References
	Chapter 3: Pros and cons of a human rights-based approach to environmental protection
		Introduction
		Contradictory or complementary?
		Advantages
		Disadvantages
		Enforcement
		Ideological and disciplinary tensions
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 4: Regional systems of human rights
		Introduction
		Regional systems of human rights
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
		Cases
Part II: Human rights of special relevance to environmental protection
	Chapter 5: Substantive rights
		Introduction
		Substantive rights infringed by environmental degradation
		Concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
		Conclusion
		References
		Cases
	Chapter 6: Procedural rights
		Introduction
		Evolution of participatory rights
		Access to information
		Public participation
		Access to justice
		Indigenous peoples
		Case law
		Human rights defenders
		Conclusion
		Note
		References
		Cases
	Chapter 7: Constitutional developments
		Introduction
		Selected constitutional provisions on environmental rights
		Provisions relating to sustainable development, public trust, and climate change
		Lessons from global environmental constitutionalism
		References
		Cases
	Chapter 8: Selected national cases
		Introduction
		Selected cases from around the world
		National human rights commissions
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
		Cases
Part III: Climate change and human rights
	Chapter 9: From UNFCCC to Paris Agreement: A human rights assessment
		Introduction
		The establishment of the IPCC and the adoption of the UNFCCC
		The link between climate change and human rights
		Rights at jeopardy
		Procedural rights
		Mitigation and adaptation measures
		Vulnerable groups and states
		Climate-related displacement
		Climate litigation
		Duty-bearers and rights-holders
		Climate justice versus human rights
		Conclusion
		References
		Cases
	Chapter 10: Social movements and civil society
		Introduction
		The environmental justice movement: key concepts and issues
		Environmental advocacy networks
		The climate justice movement
		Environmental human rights defenders
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 11: Vulnerability and climate change
		Introduction
		Vulnerable groups
		References
	Chapter 12: Mitigation, adaptation, and loss and damage
		Introduction
		Climate change mitigation from a human rights perspective
		Climate change adaptation from a human rights perspective
		Loss and damage from a human rights perspective
		Note
		References
Part IV: Emerging issues related to environmental rights
	Chapter 13: Extraterritorial application of environmental rights
		Introduction
		A lesson from history
		Maastricht Principles on Extraterritorial Obligations of States in Maastricht Principles on Extraterritorial Obligations of States in
		Diagonal human/environmental rights?
		Cases where extraterritorial damage was alleged
		Novel approaches to extraterritoriality – a lesson from history
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 14: Business, human rights, and the environment
		Introduction
		Voluntary efforts or binding norms?
		UN Special Representative on Business and Human Rights
		Soft law and self-regulative initiatives
		UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
		Foundational principles of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
		Case Study: The Philippines’ “Carbon Majors” Petition
		References
	Chapter 15: Inter-generational rights, animal rights, and rights of nature and ecosystems
		Introduction
		Inter-generational rights
		Animal rights
		Rights of nature and ecosystems
		Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 16: Human rights and the environment: square pegs in round holes?
		Introduction
		Environmental rights, human rights, and good governance
		Where next?
		References
Index