Human Rights and the Environment in Africa
Human Rights and the Environment in Africa

Author: Jean-Claude N. Ashukem

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1000997677

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The relationship between human rights and the environment, as evidenced by the recent UN Resolution on the human right to a healthy environment, is a topical, fascinating, uneasy, and increasingly urgent one. This timely collection explores the inextricable relationship between human rights and the environment as a critical lens for understanding and addressing key human rights and environmental issues confronting Africa. The work explores theoretical, philosophical, doctrinal, and empirical research to interrogate and provide clarity on how and whether the human rights-based approach to environmental protection and policy implications has been effective in enhancing environmental protection and sustainability in Africa. It brings together an elite group of African and international experts to investigate the increasing connectivity and problems with African human rights, environmental governance, and the quest for sustainability. The book is divided into thematic clusters, including: the right of vulnerable communities to sustainability; climate change, the right to development and natural resource governance; corporate environmental responsibility and sustainability; the philosophy of environmental ethics and theories of human rights approaches to environmental governance; procedural environmental rights; the role of the judiciary in environmental protection; and desertification. These themes provide a structure to investigate and clarify specific fundamental questions on Africa’s environmental governance paradigm. This innovative contribution provides an interdisciplinary approach to the philosophical interrelationship and use of human rights approaches to ensure and enhance environmental protection and sustainability. As such, the book will be of interest to African scholars, researchers and students in Human Rights Law, Environmental Studies, Political Science, Ecology and Conservation and Development Studies. It will also be a valuable resource for policymakers, governments, NGOs, practitioners, and all those interested in African environmental governance.

Droits de l'investisseur étranger et protection de l'environnement
Droits de l'investisseur étranger et protection de l'environnement

Author: Sabrina Robert-Cuendet

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2010-05-12

Total Pages: 546

ISBN-13: 9004187553

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En droit international de l’investissement, le prisme de l’expropriation indirecte couvre une large catégorie de mesures – telles que les réglementations – qui n’impliquent pas de transfert de propriété mais aboutissent à une grave interférence avec un investissement. La définition des dépossessions indemnisables constitue une question extrêmement sensible, située à la croisée des chemins entre la protection des droits des investisseurs et la préservation des prérogatives de l’Etat. Cet ouvrage explore, à travers l’exemple de la réglementation environnementale, le droit applicable à cette notion controversée. Il montre que l’approche traditionnelle – reposant sur une dilution du concept d’expropriation – n’est nullement appropriée et il contribue à clarifier l’étendue de la protection de l’investisseur sur le fondement du droit de la responsabilité internationale de l’Etat. In international investment law, the prism of indirect expropriation includes a broad range of measures – such as regulatory measures – which do not involve a transfer of property but result in a serious interference with an investment. The definition of compensable taking is a very sensitive issue situated at the crossroads between the protection of investors' private rights and the safeguarding of the state's sovereign prerogatives. This book explores, through the example of environmental regulation, the law applicable to this controversial topic. It suggests that the traditional approach – based on an extension of the concept of expropriation – is inappropriate and it contributes to clarifying the scope of the international protection of the investor on the ground of the law of state responsibility.

An Introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
An Introduction to the African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

Author: World Conservation Union

Publisher: IUCN

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9782831709130

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The African Convention on the conservation of nature and natural resources was adopted in 1968 in Algiers. Considered the most forward looking regional agreement of the time, it influenced significantly the development of environmental law in Africa. Two and a half decades of intense developments in international environmental law made it necessary to revise this treaty, update its provisions and enlarge its scope. This was undertaken under the auspices of the African Union (previously OAU), and the revision was adopted by its Heads of State and Government in July 2003 in Maputo. The introduction provides an overview of this new international treaty, as well as a commentary to each of its provisions.

L' Avenir Du Droit International de L'environnement
L' Avenir Du Droit International de L'environnement

Author: Renâe Jean Dupuy

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 1985-11-04

Total Pages: 540

ISBN-13: 9789024732395

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German Environmental Law addresses scholars, lawmakers, administrators, investors, & protectionists from outside Germany who do not read German but wish to have access to the sources of German environmental law. The major law texts concerning nature conservation, air quality control, water protection, waste management, road planning, environmental impact assessment & environmental liability are reproduced. Also included are the Technical Instructions on Air Quality Control, an administrative guideline of great practical importance, which is often taken as a point of reference for the construction of industrial plants, even outside Germany. The law texts are accompanied by a case-related introduction to German environmental law. While there are numerous introductions to & editions of German environmental law in the German language, this book is the first to outline German environmental law & reproduce the basic law texts in the English language.

African Yearbook of International Law/Annuaire Africain De Droit International
African Yearbook of International Law/Annuaire Africain De Droit International

Author: Abdulqawi A. Yusuf

Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers

Published: 1997-08-01

Total Pages: 504

ISBN-13: 9789041104717

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The "African Yearbook of International Law" provides an intellectual forum for the systematic analysis and scientific dissection of issues of international law as they apply to Africa, as well as Africa's contribution to the progressive development of international law. It contributes to the promotion, acceptance of and respect for the principles of international law, as well as to the encouragement of the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciations of international law in Africa. A clear articulation of Africa's views on the various aspects of international law based on the present realities of the continent as well as on Africa's civilization, culture, philosophy and history will undoubtedly contribute to a better understanding among nations. The "African Yearbook of International Law" plays an important role in examining the tensions underlying the State in Africa, and by shedding more light on the causes of the fragility of African State institutions so as to facilitate the identification of appropriate remedies. The tension and interrelationships among issues such as territorial integrity, self determination, ethnic diversity and nation-building are constantly addressed. Development, human rights and democratization in Africa are also the subject of continuous attention and examination. The Special Theme of this volume is: "Civil Conflicts in Africa (Part" "I)/ Les conflits internes en Afrique (1ere partie),"

Droit de l'environnement en Afrique
Droit de l'environnement en Afrique

Author: Maurice Kamto

Publisher: Edicef

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 415

ISBN-13: 9782850698101

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Par sa géographie et son climat, sa démographie galopante et son état de sous-développement, et surtout sa flore et sa faune exceptionnelles, l'Afrique est sans doute, plus que tout autre continent, interpellée par la question environnementale. On l'a pourtant dit indifférente à ce problème. Bien à tort, car les préoccupations environnementales n'ont jamais été totalement étrangères au continent, même si elles ont été mises entre parenthèses à une époque où l'on exaltait l'industrialisation à tous crins. Le droit de l'environnement en particulier y est à la fois ancien et jeune. Ancien dans la mesure où il est présent déjà dans les sociétés traditionnelles pré-coloniales, puis à l'époque coloniale. Jeune dans la mesure où il n'a connu vraiment son essor qu'après les indépendances africaines des années soixante, l'interpellation de la Conférence de Stockholm de 1972, et surtout la prise de conscience profonde et généralisée suscitée par la Conférence des Nations unies pour l'Environnement et le développement (CNUED - Sommet de Rio) de 1992. Le présent ouvrage, qui s'ouvre par une étude des problèmes généraux, aborde tous les aspects du droit de l'environnement en Afrique, aussi bien sous l'angle des instruments juridiques internationaux que des législations nationales africaines. Il enjambe les clivages linguistiques qui cloisonnent la recherche africaine et s'efforce de s'appuyer sur les législations accessibles tant des pays francophones qu'anglophones, des Etats nord-africains que subsahariens. Cette approche ainsi que la présentation exhaustive du sujet font de cet ouvrage le tout premier manuel du Droit de l'environnement en Afrique. Il s'agit incontestablement d'un outil de référence qui répondra certainement aux attentes de tous ses utilisateurs potentiels : monde universitaire, praticiens du droit, industriels, associations et ONG, administrations, institutions internationales intéressées, etc.

Trends in Forestry Law in Europe and Africa
Trends in Forestry Law in Europe and Africa

Author: Maria Teresa Cirelli

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9789251046869

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Recent years have witnessed a significant acceleration in the revision of forest laws around the world. Forest law increasingly recognizes the multiple interests involved in or affected by forest management, with greater attention given to the environmental and social roles of forest resources and to their sustainable management and use. In addition, renewed emphasis is being placed on the involvement of a wider range of public and private actors. Issues in which forest laws have been reoriented include local forest and private management, the environmental functions of forests, forest management planning and forest utilization contracts.