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16 Tul. Envtl. L.J. 65 (2002-2003)
The Right to a Healthy Life or the Right to Die Polluted: The Emergence of a Human Right to a Healthy Environment under International Law

handle is hein.journals/tulev16 and id is 73 raw text is: The Right to a Healthy Life or the Right to Die Polluted?: The Emergence of a Human Right to a Healthy Environment Under International Law Sumudu Atapattu* I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 67 A . O verview ............................................................................... 67 B. Definition of Terms .............................................................. 72 C The Soucture of the Article ................................................. 73 II. EVOLUTION OF THE RIGHT TO ENVIRONMENT ................................ 74 A. Evolution from Stockholm to Rio and Beyond ................... 74 B. The Appointment ofa Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment ....................................... : .............. 78 1. K sentini Reports ........................................................... 79 2. The Draft Principles on Human Rights and the Environm ent ................................................................ 82 C IUCNDraftArticles on Environment and Development ........ 83 D. Regional Instruments ........................................................... 87 1. African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, 198 1 ............................................................................ . . 87 2. Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights ...................................................... 88 * LL.M. (Cantab), Ph.D. (Cantab), Attorney-at-Law (Sri Lanka), Visiting Scholar, Institute for Legal Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Law School, U.S.A.; Lead Counsel, Human Rights and Poverty Eradication Program of the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, Montreal, Canada; Consultant, Law & Society Trust, Colombo, Sri Lanka; formerly, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Colombo; and Visiting Fulbright Scholar, George Washington University Law School, Washington D.C., 2000-2001. The author is grateful to the Fulbright Commission for its financial support, the George Washington University Law School for giving the opportunity to use its excellent library and research facilities, the New York University Law School for its excellent resources where part of the research was carried out, and the Institute for Legal Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison for facilitating her research work. The author is grateful to the guidance and encouragement of Professors Raj Bhala, Susan Karamanian, Sean Murphy, and Ralph Steinhardt of George Washington University Law School, and to the editors of the Tulane EnvironmentalLaw Journal.

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