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Record Nr.

UNINA9910169180203321

Autore

Leib Linda Hajjar

Titolo

Human rights and the environment [[electronic resource] ] : philosophical, theoretical, and legal perspectives / / by Linda Hajjar Leib

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden [Netherlands] ; ; Boston, : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011

ISBN

1-283-11990-0

9786613119902

90-04-18993-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 p.)

Collana

Queen Mary studies in international law, , 1877-4822 ; ; v. 3

Disciplina

344.04/6

Soggetti

Environmental law, International

Human rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Historical and philosophical underpinnings of the environmental movement -- An overview of the characteristics and controversies of human rights -- Theorisation of the various human rights approaches to environmental issues -- Reconfiguration of the human rights system in light of sustainable development and the two-level conceptualisation of environmental rights.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the philosophical, theoretical and legal bases that underpin the linkage between human rights and the environment. Such linkage, grounded in reality, is an innovative way of addressing environmental issues through the lens of a well-established international human rights system. The book argues that a new set of environmental rights is gradually forging its way into international law and suggests a re-configuration of the human rights system in the context of sustainable development and the notion of solidarity rights. In doing so, two sets of concepts are considered: first, the possibility of a rapprochement between environmental ethics and the human rights doctrine and, second, the theoretical and practical links among the concepts of development, democracy, environment and sustainable development.