Constitutionalisation of rights: Influence of the right to a healthy environment in shaping the governance landscape of Asia

Razzaque, Jona

Abstract

This paper explores the influence of a right based approach on the effectiveness of environmental governance. The discussion focuses on the right to a healthy environment and its impact on the legislative and institutional governance in Asia. It provides an outcome oriented evaluation of substantive as well as procedural rights by examining the direct outputs and the effects of such outputs on various actors and across levels.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: “Rights in Environmental Governance: Explaining their Emergence, Examining their Effectiveness.”
• Start Date: Apr 26, 2013
• End Date: Apr 27, 2013
• Acceptance Date: Apr 23, 2013
• Publication Date: Apr 27, 2013
• Deposit Date: Sep 26, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 26, 2018
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: constitutional rights, right to a healthy environment, environmental governance, Asia
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/932575
• Publisher URL: http://environment.yale.edu/content/documents/00003444/Razzaque-Constitutionalisation-of-rights.docx
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : Yale/UNITAR workshop, “Rights in Environmental Governance: Explaining their Emergence, Examining their Effectiveness”
• Contract Date: Sep 26, 2018