The Constitutional Right to a Healthy Environment

Boyd, David R.

doi:10.1080/00139157.2012.691392

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“…The conventional rights-based approach to environmental protection promotes the right of individuals or a group of individuals to a healthy environment. It is recognized by many countries through constitution, legislation or international agreements (Boyd, 2012). Procedurally, this means that the individuals whose rights are infringed by, for example, river pollution can bring their case to court for their rights to be protected.…”

Section: Conceptualizing and Operationalizing The Rights Of Riversmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The potential limitations on its basin decision-making processes of granting self-defence rights to Father Rhine

Wilk

Hegger

Dieperink

et al. 2019

Water International

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Section: Conceptualizing and Operationalizing The Rights Of Riversmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Getting agency also implies that non-human entities get legal standing to protect their substantive rights (Boyd, 2012). Another consequence of having legal personhood is that a river can be held liable by other involved actors.…”

Section: Environmental Rightsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The potential limitations on its basin decision-making processes of granting self-defence rights to Father Rhine

Wilk

Hegger

Dieperink

et al. 2019

Water International

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“…Nearly one-half of countries worldwide have constitutions that include substantive environmental rights like those advanced in Robinson Township. 137 Substantive environmental rights are those that recognize a right to some degree of environmental quality, such as a right to an "adequate," "clean," "healthy," "productive," "harmonious," or "sustainable" environment. Moreover, environmental rights have been recognized as a component of non-environmental substantive rights, such as the right to life.…”

Section: Global Environmental Constitutionalismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Robinson Township v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Examination and Implications

2014

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“…Nation states have a recognized responsibility to protect their citizens and the environment (OHCHR 2016a;OHCHR 2016b;UNEP 2015). In more than 100 countries various notions of environmental rights have been given constitutional recognition (Boyd 2012). However, the extent to which a constitutional principle translates into an entitlement that gives citizens the power to hold their or other governments accountable for preventing pollution, claim damages due to environmental destruction, or ensure equitable access to natural resources of good quality is still hotly contested (Daly 2012).…”

Section: Recognition That a Healthy Environment Is A Rightmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global Gender and Environment Outlook 2016

Seager¹,

Bechtel²,

Bock³

et al. 2016

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The Constitutional Right to a Healthy Environment

Cited by 36 publications

References 4 publications

The potential limitations on its basin decision-making processes of granting self-defence rights to Father Rhine

The potential limitations on its basin decision-making processes of granting self-defence rights to Father Rhine

Robinson Township v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Examination and Implications

Global Gender and Environment Outlook 2016

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