Description
A high quality environment is coming to be regarding as a necessary prerequisite for the enjoyment of some of the most fundamental human rights-such as the rights to life and health. The precise recognition of a ‘right to environment’ has not yet been settled and the essays in the book address this and related questions from different perspectives. Boer, Ben 1. Natasha Affolder: Square Pegs and Round Holes? Environmental Rights and the Private Sector; 2. Elisa Morgera: Benefit- Sharing as a Bridge between the Environmental and Human Rights Accountability of Multinational Corporations; 3. Riccardo Pavoni: The Environmental Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights: A Comparative Perspective; 4. Ludwig Kramer: Access to Environmental Justice in the European Courts; 5. Ben Boer: Environmental and Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific; 6. Stefan Gruber: Human Displacement and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific; 7. Alan Boyle: Human Rights and the Environment: Where Next?
