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Linking human rights, development and environment: Experiences from litigation in South Asia (2007)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J. (2007). Linking human rights, development and environment: Experiences from litigation in South Asia

Despite having several procedural routes to bring actions in the court, public interest litigation seems to be the often-used tool used by the community groups in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to protect the environment. In recent years, the decisio... Read More about Linking human rights, development and environment: Experiences from litigation in South Asia.

Protection of traditional knowledge and human rights obligations: The status of discussion in international organisations (2007)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J., & Ssenyonjo, M. (2007). Protection of traditional knowledge and human rights obligations: The status of discussion in international organisations. Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights, 25(3), 401-436

Traditional knowledge and human rights are two fields that have largely developed separately despite being interrelated. A number of international institutions are pursuing different priorities related to the protection of traditional knowledge. The... Read More about Protection of traditional knowledge and human rights obligations: The status of discussion in international organisations.

Access to justice in environmental matters at member state level (2005)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2005). Access to justice in environmental matters at member state level. In F. M. Thijs, & H. Somsen (Eds.), Yearbook of European Environmental Law (67-92). Oxford University Press

Access to justice has been a topic of interest in the EU even prior to the 1998 Aarhus Convention. The Aarhus Convention focuses on procedural rights and not substantive matters. While dealing with access to justice, Article 9 of the Convention takes... Read More about Access to justice in environmental matters at member state level.

Implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and integrated water resource management: What does national co-ordination achieve? (2005)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J. (2005). Implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and integrated water resource management: What does national co-ordination achieve?

At the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002, the international community agreed to develop integrated water resource management and water efficiency plans by 2005. Despite the slow progress in implementing this target, the... Read More about Implementation of multilateral environmental agreements and integrated water resource management: What does national co-ordination achieve?.

Trading water: The human factor (2004)
Journal Article
Razzaque, J. (2004). Trading water: The human factor. Review of European Community and International Environmental Law, 13(1), 15-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9388.2004.00380.x

This article briefly explores the status of water as a human right. It outlines the international commitments under the international and regional conventions, and judicial decisions outlining the nature of the right to water. It deals with the commo... Read More about Trading water: The human factor.