Problems in Environmental Protection and Human Rights: A Human Right to the Environment

Authors

Dinah L. Shelton, George Washington University Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2011

Status

Working

Abstract

This "case study" was intended to be included in Anton & Shelton, Environmental Problems and Human Rights (Cambridge, 2011), but space limitations forced its omission from the printed text. The assertion of a human right to a healthy environment has persisted over the last 40 years. Here we examine the international guarantees and national guarantees that have developed. We also look at moves toward a Declaration on Human Rights and the Environment.

SSRN Link

http://ssrn.com/abstract=1872937

Recommended Citation

Shelton, Dinah L., "Problems in Environmental Protection and Human Rights: A Human Right to the Environment" (2011). GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works. 1048.
https://scholarship.law.gwu.edu/faculty_publications/1048