Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-404) and index.
Contents:
Part 1: The Inter-American Human Rights System -- The Inter-American Human Rights System in a nutshell -- Human rights from an environmental perspective -- Recognition of the right to a healthy environment and its implications -- Part 2: The Escazu Agreement -- The Escazu Agreement in historical perspective -- Structure of the Escazu Agreement -- Part 3: Stocktaking -- Regional environmental human rights law -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"Advancing sustainable development and democracy are the underlying purposes linking the landmark Escazu Agreement with the American Convention on Human Rights. Exploring both these treaties and the relevant regional jurisprudence, this monograph provides the first analysis of the ground-breaking environmental human rights law being developed in Latin America and the Caribbean. The key feature of the regional law is the priority it gives to equality and non-discrimination for vulnerable persons and groups, environmental defenders, local communities and indigenous peoples. This book brings practitioners and academics up to date with the legal tools for protecting people and planet"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Theory and practice of public international law, 2405-6847 ; volume 7
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