Aboriginal Environmental Rights in Tort

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynda Margaret Collins
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Rights

The Emergence of Climate Litigation in the Global South

2020 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 85-86
Author(s):  
Jolene Lin
Keyword(s):  
Global South ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Environmental Rights ◽  
Healthy Environment ◽  
The Right

Climate litigation in the Global South tends to be couched in rights-based clams including the right to life and a clean and healthy environment. Jolene Lin explained that this is in part due to the fact that many jurisdictions in the Global South have embedded environmental rights in their constitutions and, in some cases, courts have interpreted the right to life to include the right to a clean and healthy environment.

Giving effect to the human right to a clean environment in Botswana

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-39
Author(s):  
Tinashe Madebwe ◽  
Emma Chitsove ◽  
Jimcall Pfumorodze
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
The State ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Environmental Rights ◽  
Environmental Deterioration ◽  
Clean Environment ◽  
The World ◽  
The Right

Environmental deterioration remains a concern in Botswana. Despite efforts being made to address this issue by the state, more needs to be done in this regard. This is particularly interesting in the light of reports that the country is looking to draft a new constitution. Against this backdrop, this article considers whether including environmental rights in Botswana’s constitution would advance environmental protection efforts. To this end, the article relies on experiences with rights drawn from different jurisdictions across the world, as well as commentary on these experiences, to build a tool for measuring the extent to which the turn to environmental rights holds value in a given jurisdiction. Using this tool, and drawing from experiences in looking to establish environmental rights in Botswana, the article measures the extent to which including the right in the constitution would hold value in advancing Botswana’s pursuit of environmental protection objectives.

The environment has rights: Eco-spiritual social work through ubuntu philosophy and Pachamama: A commentary

2022 ◽  
pp. 002087282110563
Author(s):  
Robert K Chigangaidze
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
African Philosophy ◽  
Environmental Rights ◽  
Rights Of Nature ◽  
Global Agenda

Ubuntu has launched the Global Agenda for Social Work and Social Development, 2020–2030. This commentary stipulates how ubuntu can reinforce the Pachamama rights and its significance to social work practice. The African philosophy of ubuntu has potential to enhance the framework of understanding environmental rights from an eco-spiritual social work perspective and integrating the concepts of Pachamama rights. Clearly showing the link between Pachamama and ubuntu, this paper reminds social workers to advance the Rights of Nature.

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