Linking human rights and the environment /
Linking human rights and the environment /
Romina Picolotti and Jorge Daniel Taillant, editors.
- Tucson, Ariz. : University of Arizona Press, 2010.
- xviii, 264 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The environmental jurisprudence of international human rights tribunals / Dinah Shelton -- The right to the conservation of the environment / Alexandre Kiss -- Agenda 21 and human rights: the right to participate / Romina Picolotti -- Public participation in the era of globalization / Claudia Saladin -- The right to water as a human right / Ignacio J. Alvarez -- Women's rights and the global population crisis / Michael G. Shaw -- How human rights norms can contribute to environmental protection: some practical possibilities within the United Nations system / Caroline Dommen -- Environmental advocacy and the inter-American human rights system / Jorge Daniel Taillant -- Sharing common ground: a cautionary tale on the rights of indigenous peoples and the protection of biological diversity / Annecoos Wiersema -- The Mayagna indigenous community of Awas Tingni and its effort to gain recognition of traditional lands: the community's case before the human rights institutions of the Organization of American States / S. James Anaya -- Appendixes. 1. Petition: the Mayagna Indian Community of Awas Tingni and Jaime Castillo Felipe, on his own behalf and on behalf of the community of Awas Tingni, against Nicaragua -- 2. Amici curiae: Awas Tingni Mayagna (Sumo) Indigenous Community v. The Republic of Nicaragua -- Selected paragraphs of the judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of Mayagna (Sumo) Indigenous Community of Awas Tingni v. The Republic of Nicaragua.
0816529345 9780816529346
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Environmental law.
Human rights.
Environnement--Droit.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Environmental law.
Human rights.
K3585 / .L56 2010
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The environmental jurisprudence of international human rights tribunals / Dinah Shelton -- The right to the conservation of the environment / Alexandre Kiss -- Agenda 21 and human rights: the right to participate / Romina Picolotti -- Public participation in the era of globalization / Claudia Saladin -- The right to water as a human right / Ignacio J. Alvarez -- Women's rights and the global population crisis / Michael G. Shaw -- How human rights norms can contribute to environmental protection: some practical possibilities within the United Nations system / Caroline Dommen -- Environmental advocacy and the inter-American human rights system / Jorge Daniel Taillant -- Sharing common ground: a cautionary tale on the rights of indigenous peoples and the protection of biological diversity / Annecoos Wiersema -- The Mayagna indigenous community of Awas Tingni and its effort to gain recognition of traditional lands: the community's case before the human rights institutions of the Organization of American States / S. James Anaya -- Appendixes. 1. Petition: the Mayagna Indian Community of Awas Tingni and Jaime Castillo Felipe, on his own behalf and on behalf of the community of Awas Tingni, against Nicaragua -- 2. Amici curiae: Awas Tingni Mayagna (Sumo) Indigenous Community v. The Republic of Nicaragua -- Selected paragraphs of the judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the case of Mayagna (Sumo) Indigenous Community of Awas Tingni v. The Republic of Nicaragua.
0816529345 9780816529346
GBB1A4336 bnb
Environmental law.
Human rights.
Environnement--Droit.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Environmental law.
Human rights.
K3585 / .L56 2010