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23 S. Ill. U. L. J. 611 (1998-1999)
The Right of the Child to a Clean Environment

handle is hein.journals/siulj23 and id is 643 raw text is: THE RIGHT OF THE CHILD TO A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT Malgosia Fitzmaurice This article' in part presents the views expressed in the papers which were read, and the discussion which took place, during the workshop on The Right of the Child to a Clean Environment, organized at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, in November 1997. An extensive survey' on the right of the child to a clean environment at the international and national levels, conducted in 1996-1997 by Agata Fijalkowski and Malgosia Fitzmaurice, preceded the workshop. Ultimately, a book entitled Right of the Child to a Clean Environment will be published in 1999. The entire project originated from The Program on the International Rights of the Child, under the directorship of Professor Geraldine Van Bueren. I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION The problem of the right of the child to a clean environment is part of a broader problem of the right to a clean environment in general. In this respect, several fundamental issues are still unresolved, including the very question of the existence of such a right.' * Professor of Public International Law, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London. I. This Article is an extended version of a lecture entitled International Environmental Protection and the Rights of the Child, which was presented by the author on September 8, 1998 as part of the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Law series at Southern Illinois University School of Law. 2. The questionnaires were sent to the following: Selected Ministries of Justice and Foreign Affairs of states in five regions, which included Europe (Finland, Poland, Spain, United Kingdom), Africa (Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa), Asia (Singapore, Thailand, India, Philippines), South America (Brazil, Peru, Argentina), and North America (Canada (Ottawa), United States (California), Mexico); International Organizations, including the United Nations (Commission on Sustainable Development, Sub-Commission on the Prevention of Discrimination and Minorities, United Nations Environment and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and UNESCO), and Regional organizations (Council of Europe, Organization of American States, Organization of African Unity, World Bank, the Vice Presidency for Environmentally Sustainable Development). 3. The lack of agreement and the feeling of general confusion which pervades this discussion is, in fact, a noticeable feature present in all publications on this topic. Human Approaches to Environmental Protection, published in 1996, is the most comprehensive study on the topic of the relationship between human rights and the environment. Michael Anderson, one of the book's authors and

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