Third generation environmental rights related to environmental decisionmaking and genetically modified organisms for sustainable development
Third generation environmental rights have developed out of the loggerhead situation of the promotion of development and trade, including international trade, and conservation of the environment. It was first realised at the UN Conference on Human Environment 1972 that unfettered developmental mi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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AENSI Publications
2014
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/39008/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39008/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/39008/1/AEB-14-18%2813%29-552-566.pdf |
| Summary: | Third generation environmental rights have developed out of the loggerhead situation
of the promotion of development and trade, including international trade, and
conservation of the environment. It was first realised at the UN Conference on Human
Environment 1972 that unfettered developmental might adversely affect the
environment and can thus cause deleterious impact on its quality, which, in effect, may
be detrimental to the humanity. It gave rise to the idea of sustainable development,
which encompassed all human activities and dictates them to be environmentally
responsible. It has to be judged on the basis of Impact Assessment. Third generation
environmental rights together strive to save the world from the ultimate disaster. Right
to access to information, right participate in environmental decision-making, access to
justice, right to get precautionary principle applied to genetically modified organisms
(GMOs) and right to information with respect to GM food are crucial environmental
rights among them. The paper discusses them, except access to justice, and offers
certain suggestions for ensuring these rights to the benefit of all. |
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