Reflections on the Right to Environmental Health as a Condition for Development

Silecchia, Lucia Ann

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Reflections on the Right to Environmental Health as a Condition for Development

Lucia Ann Silecchia

Catholic University of America (CUA) - Columbus School of Law

2010

2 Comparative Law: Portugese-American Perspectives, pp. 301-344, 2010
CUA Columbus School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-8

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This piece, presented at the University of Lisbon in March 2008, explores the connections between environmental health and human development. In particular, it asks whether and to what extent, a safe environment is a human right and how international legal institutions and programs may foster the development of and protection for a safe environment.

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Date posted: May 31, 2011

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Silecchia, Lucia Ann, Reflections on the Right to Environmental Health as a Condition for Development (2010). 2 Comparative Law: Portugese-American Perspectives, pp. 301-344, 2010 ; CUA Columbus School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-8. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1847712

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