1st Edition

The Right of the Child to a Clean Environment

Edited By Agata Fijalkowski, Malgosia Fitzmaurice Copyright 2000
362 Pages
by Routledge

362 Pages
by Routledge

362 Pages
by Routledge

This title was first published in 2000:  A discussion on the right of a child to a clean environment. It links two important contemporary issues: human rights and the environment. The volume consists of the extended versions of some of the papers which were presented at a workshop on "The Right of a Child to a Clean Environment", held at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of... Read more
101: Introductory remarks; I: Right of the Child to a Clean Environment at International and European Levels; 1: The right of child workers to protection from environmental hazards 1; 2: The right of the child to a clean environment in European Union law; II: Right of the Child to a Clean Environment at National Levels: Selected Case Studies; 3: Environmental rights of the child in India; 4: The right of the child to a clean environment in Poland; 5: The right of the child to a clean environment in Nigeria; 6: Does the Gambian child have a right to a clean environment?; 7: Constitutional reform in Argentina and environmental education in Patagonia 1; III: Right of the Child to a Clean Environment: The Role of International Organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOS); 8: The susceptible child – does the child have a right to a healthy and a safe environment?; 9: Children and the right to grow up in an environment supporting their health and well-being: A sound environment, provided for and encapsulated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child; 10: Concluding remarks

Biography

Agata Fijalkowski, Malgosia Fitzmaurice