The right to a healthy environment in international
and EU states legislation
The right to a healthy environment in international
and EU states legislation
Author(s): Barbu Adrian IlieSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, EU-Legislation
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: human right to a healthy environment; international treaties; the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; basic human rights; social; economic and political policies
Summary/Abstract: In Western society, the concepts of human rights and capitalism both emerged from the European Enlightenment. Little by little, those right arose and gain recognition; but as the society developed so did its needs and it became more and more complex and the rights gained a tendency to lose their substance as they started to protect more abstract values. To be enforceable, rights must be embedded in fundamental legal documents, but in some cases this it’s not enough to secure its acceptance, respect and recognition. A right like the one to a healthy environment needs strict proce cedural aspects that includes the right to information, the right to participate and the right to effective remedies. Even then, this is not enough because it has to be enforced and respected not only at national legislation level, but even at European and international ones.
Journal: Revista de Științe Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 55
- Page Range: 100-110
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English