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Human Rights, Environmental Justice, And The North-South Divide, Carmen G. Gonzalez
Human Rights, Environmental Justice, And The North-South Divide, Carmen G. Gonzalez
Carmen G. Gonzalez
Environmental Justice, Human Rights, And The Global South, Carmen G. Gonzalez
Environmental Justice, Human Rights, And The Global South, Carmen G. Gonzalez
Carmen G. Gonzalez
From the Ogoni people devastated by oil drilling in Nigeria to the Inuit and other indigenous populations threatened by climate change, communities disparately burdened by environmental degradation are increasingly framing their demands for environmental justice in the language of environmental human rights. Domestic and international tribunals have concluded that failure to protect the environment violates a variety of human rights (including the rights to life, health, food, water, property, and privacy; the collective rights of indigenous peoples to their ancestral lands and resources; and the right to a healthy environment). Some scholars have questioned the utility of the human rights …