Linking human rights and the environment / Romina Picolotti and Jorge Daniel Taillant, editors.

Other author Picolotti, Romina, 1970-
Other author Taillant, Jorge Daniel, 1968-
Format Book
Publication InfoTucson, Ariz. : University of Arizona Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxviii, 264 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Environmental law.
Human rights.

Portion of title Human rights and the environment
Contents The environmental jurisprudence of international human rights tribunals / Dinah Shelton -- The right to the conservation of the environment / Alexandre Kiss -- Agenda 21 and human rights : the right to participate / Romina Picolotti -- Public participation in the era of globalization / Claudia Saladin -- The right to water as a human right / Ignacio J. Alvarez -- Women's rights and the global population crisis / Michael G. Shaw -- How human rights norms can contribute to environmental protection : some practical possibilities within the United Nations system / Caroline Dommen -- Environmental advocacy and the inter-American human rights system / Jorge Daniel Taillant -- Sharing common ground : a cautionary tale on the rights of indigenous peoples and the protection of biological diversity / Annecoos Wiersema -- The Mayagna Indigenous Community of Awas Tingni and its effort to gain recognition of traditional lands : the community's case before the human rights institutions of the Organization of American States / S. James Anaya.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2002151872
ISBN0816522618 (cloth : acid-free paper)
ISBN0735535175 (cloth : acid-free paper)