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APR 27, 2004 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 11 (Spring 2004): Environmental Rights: SECTION 4 THE ENFORCEABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS: Environmental Rights Enforcement in U.S. Courts
Osofsky notes that, unless advocates can convince courts to accept a characterization of these problems as violations of international law, victims of severe ...
APR 27, 2004 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 11 (Spring 2004): Environmental Rights: SECTION 4 THE ENFORCEABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS: Defending Environmental Defenders
Folabi K. Olagbaju and Stephen Mills detail how two leading American grassroots organizations -- Amnesty International USA and Sierra Club -- joined hands to protect ...
APR 27, 2004 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 11 (Spring 2004): Environmental Rights: Online Exclusives: A Choice for Indigenous Communities in the Philippines
When an indigenous community is determined to protect its natural resources and rights, when a legal framework supports their rights, and when assistance is available ...
APR 26, 2004 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 11 (Spring 2004): Environmental Rights: SECTION 2 THE CONFLICT BETWEEN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTALISM: Commentary on "The conflict between rights and environmentalism"
The essays in this section vividly illustrate that certain specific efforts to protect the environment from the “bio-degenerative consequences of human action” can run ...
APR 26, 2004 • Article
Human Rights Dialogue (1994–2005): Series 2 No. 11 (Spring 2004): Environmental Rights: Online Exclusives: Interview with Cristobal Osorio Sanchez
Sánchez is a survivor of massacres perpetrated against the Maya-Achí community of Rio Negro, Guatemala, and one of the Chixoy Dam-affected people. He is ...