Download This PaperThe Right to a Healthy Environment: The Case for a New Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights
21 Pages Posted: 7 Sep 2022
Date Written: September 1, 2022
Abstract
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has proposed a new Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights establishing the right to a healthy environment. This research paper reviews the legal background and argues that the Council of Europe Member States should support the proposal.
Keywords: Human rights law, environmental law, European Convention on Human Rights, right to a healthy environment
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Balfour-Lynn, Harry and Willman, Sue, The Right to a Healthy Environment: The Case for a New Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights (September 1, 2022). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4206563 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4206563
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