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42 Cardozo L. Rev. 983 (2020-2021)
The Case for Environmental Human Rights: Recognition, Implementation, and Outcomes

handle is hein.journals/cdozo42 and id is 1011 raw text is: THE CASE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS: RECOGNITION, IMPLEMENTATION, AND OUTCOMES James R. May, Esq.t TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 984 I. RECOGNITION OF A RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ........................... 987 A. Recognition in Domestic Constitutional Law .................................... 988 1. Express Constitutional Recognition of a Substantive Right .. 989 2. Implied Constitutional Recognition of a Substantive Right.. 995 B. Recognition in Domestic Legislation .................................................. 997 C. Recognition in International Law...................................................... 997 D. Recognition in Regional Law ........................................................... 1001 II. IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS..................................... 1005 r Distinguished Professor of Law and co-Founder and Founder, Global Environmental Rights Institute, Widener University Delaware Law School; Special Representative for Rights of Nature, International Council of Environmental Law. The author is grateful for input from Randy Abate, Ana Maya Aguirre, Penny Andrews, Sumudu Ataputta, Frank Baber, Sylvia Bankobeza, Lisa Benjamin, Ben Boer, John Bonine, Daniel Bonilla-Maldonado, Klaus Bosselman, David Boyd, Carl Bruch, Marcelo Buzaglo Dantas, Lynda Collins, Robin Craig, Erin Daly, Martha Davis, John Dernbach, Rob Fowler, Josh Gellers, Soo-Young Hwang, Claudia Ituarte-Lima, Chris Jeffords, Angela Kariuki, John Knox, Louis Kotze, Doug Kyzar, Richard Lazarus, Katy Kuh, Elizabeth Mrema, Melanie Murcott, Gabriela Oanta, Tony Oposa, Marcos Orellana, Bob Percival, Ole Pedersen, Ramin Pejan, Michel Prieur, Jona Razzaque, Cesar Rodriguez-Garavito, JB Ruhl, Rod Smolla, Jochen Sohnle, David Takacs, Maria Antonia Tigre, Dina Townsend, Stephen Turner, Maya van Rossum, Christina Voight, and Tseming Yang. The author is also grateful to Michael Pappas for coordinating a workshop to discuss an early draft of this piece. The research of Janet Lindemuth and the Legal Information Center at Widener University Delaware Law School, and the proofreading of Kathleen A. Siren, Ph.D., and Julian Benson-Reid is acknowledged with gratitude. Parts of this article are adapted from James R. May, Making Sense of Environmental Human Rights and Global Environmental Constitutionalism, in THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (2021). All views, errors and omissions belong to the author. Copyright © 2021 James R May, all rights reserved. 983

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