<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Substantive human right to environment represents a relatively new element in international human rights catalogues. This human right has gradually become established in international public law since the 1970s. This paper deals with the identification and analysis of the formal sources of two branches (or, according to some opinions, subbranches) of international public law – international environmental law and the international human rights law that enshrine substantive human right to environment as well as with the identification of the relevant international law mechanisms of direct and indirect protection of this right.</p></abstract>

Substantive human right to environment represents a relatively new element in international human rights catalogues. This human right has gradually become established in international public law since the 1970s. This paper deals with the identification and analysis of the formal sources of two branches (or, according to some opinions, subbranches) of international public law – international environmental law and the international human rights law that enshrine substantive human right to environment as well as with the identification of the relevant international law mechanisms of direct and indirect protection of this right.

Protection of Right to Environment in International Public Law

International and Comparative Law Review

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Substantive human right to environment represents a relatively new element in international human rights catalogues. This human right has gradually become...

Protection of Right to Environment in International Public Law

Published Online: Oct 07, 2019

Page range: 146 - 171

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2019-0005

Keywords
International Public Law, International Environmental Law, International Human Rights Law, environmental human rights, substantive human right to environment, procedural environmental rights

© 2019 Juraj Jankuv, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Protection of Right to Environment in International Public Law

Published Online: Oct 07, 2019

Page range: 146 - 171

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/iclr-2019-0005

KeywordsInternational Public Law, International Environmental Law, International Human Rights Law, environmental human rights, substantive human right to environment, procedural environmental rights

© 2019 Juraj Jankuv, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
International Public Law, International Environmental Law, International Human Rights Law, environmental human rights, substantive human right to environment, procedural environmental rights