The Right of the Child to a Clean Environment

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-138-70791-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 362 Seiten, Format (B × H): 224 mm x 159 mm, Gewicht: 620 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

This title was first published in 2000: A discussion on the right of a child to a clean environment. It links two important contemporary issues: human rights and the environment. The volume consists of the extended versions of some of the papers which were presented at a workshop on "The Right of a Child to a Clean Environment", held at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, in 1997, and there are also some additional contributions. The workshop participants included Michael Anderson and Sylvia Bluck, Harry Post, Holly Cullen and Olufemi Elias. The additional contributors include Veronic Wright, Maria G. Doglioli and Soledad Aguilar. There are essays on general issues, selected case studies and annexes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fijalkowski, Agata

Fitzmaurice, Malgosia

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

101: Introductory remarks; I: Right of the Child to a Clean Environment at International and European Levels; 1: The right of child workers to protection from environmental hazards 1; 2: The right of the child to a clean environment in European Union law; II: Right of the Child to a Clean Environment at National Levels: Selected Case Studies; 3: Environmental rights of the child in India; 4: The right of the child to a clean environment in Poland; 5: The right of the child to a clean environment in Nigeria; 6: Does the Gambian child have a right to a clean environment?; 7: Constitutional reform in Argentina and environmental education in Patagonia 1; III: Right of the Child to a Clean Environment: The Role of International Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOS); 8: The susceptible child – does the child have a right to a healthy and a safe environment?; 9: Children and the right to grow up in an environment supporting their health and well-being: A sound environment, provided for and encapsulated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child; 10: Concluding remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Agata Fijalkowski, Malgosia Fitzmaurice