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Mossville Environmental Action Now V. United States: Is A Solution To Environmental Injustice Unfolding?, Jeannine Cahill-Jackson
Mossville Environmental Action Now V. United States: Is A Solution To Environmental Injustice Unfolding?, Jeannine Cahill-Jackson
Pace International Law Review Online Companion
This article chronicles and analyzes the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) case resulting from the petition: Mossville Environmental Action Now v. United States. Part I illuminates the harms faced by the residents of Mossville and the little that has been done to remedy their situation. It provides an in-depth look at the data that has been collected by the U.S. government and analyzed by the members of Mossville Environmental Action Now, which shows levels of dioxin contamination in both the people and the environment of Mossville and their significance. Part I also discusses environmental racism and environmental justice …
The Human Right To Water And Sanitation: From Political Commitments To Customary Rule?, Gonzalo Aguilar Cavallo
The Human Right To Water And Sanitation: From Political Commitments To Customary Rule?, Gonzalo Aguilar Cavallo
Pace International Law Review Online Companion
The human right to water and sanitation is not explicitly recognized in the International Bill of Human Rights. Some scholars deny the legal existence of this right. However, over the last three decades, a number of legal recognitions of certain aspects of this right in specific universal and regional human rights treaties have allowed scholars to evidence the existence of the legal right to water and sanitation. In addition, an increasing number of high level international documents and declarations explicitly recognize the existence of this right, as reflected in declarations of the European Union and the General Assembly of the …