Human rights and fundamental rights

Armando Rocha, Heloísa Oliveira

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Abstract

The growing awareness of the link between the protection and preservation of the environment and the realization of human rights explains why, since the 1970's, we have witnessed a process of greening the traditional list of human and fundamental rights – by fleshing out environmental-related obligations under mainstream human and fundamental rights provisions – and to the emergence of new substantive and procedural rights to, or related to, a healthy environment. In this chapter, both processes are analyzed in the fields of human and fundamental rights, including the main methodological questions in the field of human rights, on the one hand, and in the field of fundamental rights, on the other hand.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationA treatise on environmental law
Subtitle of host publicationenvironmental law and other legal fields
EditorsCarla Amado Gomes, Heloísa Oliveira, Madalena Perestrelo de Oliveira
Place of PublicationLisbon
PublisherLisbon Public Law Editions
Chapter1
Pages22-76
Number of pages55
Volume3
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9789899179035
Publication statusPublished - 8 Mar 2024

Keywords

  • Human rights
  • Fundamental rights
  • Separation of powers
  • Margin of appreciation
  • Right to a healthy environment
  • Environmental rights
  • Rights of nature

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