Towards the Environmental Minimum: Environmental Protection through Human Rights

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Towards the Environmental Minimum: Environmental Protection through Human Rights

By Stefan Theil
Cambridge University Press September 2021

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ISBN-13
9781108835145
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication
September 2021
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Pervasive environmental harm that disproportionately impacts vulnerable members of society is left largely unregulated across the globe despite existing legal commitments to human rights and environmental protection in many states. To address this shortcoming, Stefan Theil proposes a new normative framework for environmental protection through human rights law. In clear and accessible prose, he demonstrates how such a human rights-based approach can strengthen environmental protection without requiring radical departures from established protection regimes and legal principles. The environmental minimum developed in the book translates the general and abstract commitments of states into specific and practical measures that protect the environment. The framework develops the doctrine of international, regional, and domestic courts, analysed through an innovative approach that improves contextual awareness. This book is thus a valuable resource for lawyers, social scientists, political theorists, environmental and human rights advocates.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
Part I. Introducing the Environmental Minimum:
2. Environmental human rights
3. The environmental minimum
Part II. The Environmental Minimum under the ECHR:
4. Specific risk principle
5. Reasonable hypothesis
6. Minimum standards
7. High priority
Part III. Beyond the European Convention:
8. International protection regimes
9. Environmental constitutionalism
Part IV. Beyond Human Rights Law:
10. Environmental regulation
11. International environmental law
12. Conclusion and outlook
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