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1 online resource (277 p.) |
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Queen Mary Studies in International Law Ser |
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Queen Mary Studies in International Law Ser
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| Contents |
Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Children's Particular Vulnerability to Environmental Threats -- 2 Known and Emerging Environmental Threats to Children's Health -- 2.1 Traditional Environmental Threats -- 2.2 Emerging Threats -- 2.3 Poverty -- 2.4 Overlapping Environmental Threats -- 3 The Response of Science -- 4 The Response of International Organisations and Institutions -- 5 Binding Obligations in International Law -- 6 Book's Scope and Limitations -- Part 1 Vulnerability |
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Chapter 1 Children's Universal Vulnerability against Environmental Degradation: Prioritising Children's Needs in Environmental Related Policy and Law -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Going beyond a Uniform Definition of Vulnerability in International Law -- 2 Vulnerability in Legal Theory -- 2.1 Martha Albertson Fineman's Universal Vulnerability Theory -- 2.1.1 Critique on Equality Theory -- 2.1.2 Moving from the Autonomous Liberal Subject to Universal Vulnerability -- 2.1.3 The Paradox of Vulnerability: Capturing Both Universality and Particularity |
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2.2 Vulnerability and the Justification for Children's Rights -- 2.3 Ontological Vulnerability-Linking Human Rights and the Environment -- 2.3.1 Turner's Theory of Vulnerability -- 2.3.2 Human Rights and the Environment -- 2.4 Conclusions from Theory -- 3 Vulnerability in Climate Change Adaptation, the Inevitable Factor -- 3.1 Children -- 4 Vulnerability in Natural Disasters and Poverty -- 5 Endorsing Children's Universal Vulnerability against Environmental Threats: The Underlying Condition for Pathways to Protection |
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Chapter 2 Affirming Children's Universal Vulnerability in Environmental Matters, the Paradigm of Youth Climate Change Action -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Intergenerational Equity and Climate Change Litigation-Preliminary Remarks -- 3 Intergenerational Equity and Children's Rights in Climate Change National Case-Law -- 4 Equality and Vulnerability: Putting Children's Claims at the Heart of Climate Change Policy and Law -- 5 United Nations and Children in Climate Change Negotiations -- 6 Pathways to Legal Protection, Climate Change Youth Action -- Part 2 Rights |
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Chapter 3 Children's Rights and the Environment -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Children's Rights and the Environment -- 2.1 The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child -- 2.2 Business and Children's Rights -- 3 Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction -- 3.1 The Advisory Opinion on Human Rights and the Environment -- 3.2 The EU Draft Directive on Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence -- 4 Towards the Recognition of a Right to Healthy Environment in International Law -- 4.1 Global Recognition of a Right to a Healthy Environment |
| Summary |
Children and the Environment offers a unique perspective on the legal protection of children from environmental degradation, a global topic of increasing significance. An original in recent literature, the book calls for viewing children as central in environmental decision-making and presents law and policy proposals, based on current international and regional trends, on topics such as human rights, climate change and the protection from toxics. Drawn from the author's extensive research and practical experience, it will appeal to policy makers, academics, youth activists, and all involved in giving children a healthier and more sustainable environment |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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4.1.1 The Advisory Opinion of the Inter-American Court, Making the Right Justiciable |
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Children and the environment.
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Children -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Environmentally induced diseases in children.
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Children and the environment
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Children -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Environmentally induced diseases in children
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004530089 |
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9004530088 |
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