Mongabay

A clean and healthy environment is a human right, U.N. resolution declares

On July 28, member states of the U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to adopt a historic resolution that recognizes that a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a human right. While the ...
Forbes

In World Court, Countries Question ‘Right To A Healthy Environment’

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an attorney who writes about ESG policy, laws, and regulations. For the first two weeks in December, the International Court ...
The Conversation

The UN says access to a healthy environment is a human right. Here’s what it means for Australia

Dr Meg Good is the Head of Programs and Legal Counsel at the Australian Alliance for Animals, and volunteers her time with various animal law initiatives. All views are her own. The United Nations ...
Inside Climate News

International Court Issues First-Ever Decision Enforcing the Right to a Healthy Environment

Residents of La Oroya, Peru, known as one of the most polluted cities on Earth, have won a landmark victory from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, which ruled last week that Peru was ...
The Conversation

The UN declared a universal human right to a healthy, sustainable environment – here’s where resolutions like this can lead

Joel E. Correia does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...
Human Rights Watch

Landmark Court Ruling Upholds Right to Healthy Environment

Last month, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights found the Peruvian government responsible for violating the right to a healthy environment, among other rights, of residents of La Oroya, a town ...