The development of an international substantive environmental right on a global level has long been a contested issue. To a limited extent environmental rights

Over the past 40 years, countries throughout the world have similarly adopted human rights related to environmental governance and protection in national consti

The right to a healthy environment has been the subject of extensive philosophical debates that revolve around the question: Should rights to clean air, water,

Reflecting a global trend, scores of countries have affirmed that their citizens are entitled to healthy air, water, and land and that their constitution should

This book considers and clarifies many different facets of the international human right to a healthy environment.