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Introduction: Setting the scene (2023)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J., Futhazar, G., & Maljean-Dubois, S. (2023). Introduction: Setting the scene. In Biodiversity Litigation (1-32). Oxford University Press

In 2020, the cognitive dissonance of environmental governance was made painfully clear. At the same time that the pandemic shed light on the disastrous and direct consequences of environmental degradation for the well-being of humans worldwide, envir... Read More about Introduction: Setting the scene.

Towards freezing global warming (2023)
Book Chapter
Phillips, N., Ayling, S. M., Ratcliffe, N. M., de Lacy Costello, B., Foord, W., Draper, T. C., …Razzaque, J. (in press). Towards freezing global warming. In Climate Change Policies: Science and Technology in Support of Policy-Making. World Symposium on Climate Change Policies

Numerous policies have been proposed to mitigate the problem of climate change as reducing emissions alone will not be sufficient. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), which captures carbon at the source, and Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs), whic... Read More about Towards freezing global warming.

Dismantling resource sovereignty in the context of the right to a healthy environment (2023)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (in press). Dismantling resource sovereignty in the context of the right to a healthy environment. In Order and Disorder in Geopolitics and Global Governance (161-181). Nomos

Resource sovereignty indicates the rights of the states to explore, develop and dispose of their natural resources and is set out in the UNGA Resolution 1803 which declares unequivocally that “[t]he right of peoples and nations to permanent sovereign... Read More about Dismantling resource sovereignty in the context of the right to a healthy environment.

Biodiversity litigation: Review of trends and challenges (2022)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J., Futhazar, G., & Maljean-Dubois, S. (2022). Biodiversity litigation: Review of trends and challenges. In Biodiversity Litigation (359-400). Oxford University Press

In the chapters of this book, we have learned a great deal about biodiversity litigation in all its forms. We have seen cases arising in all continents except Antarctica. We have seen jurisdictions where International Biodiversity Law (IBL) significa... Read More about Biodiversity litigation: Review of trends and challenges.

Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters (2020)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2020). Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters. In Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law (58-72). (Second). Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Since the 1992 Rio Summit, increasing depletion of resources (such as land, water, energy and forests) as well as restricted access to these resources remain issues of global concern. Time and again, a lack of community engagement along with weak inf... Read More about Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters.

Environmental impact assessment in the context of mangrove forest ecosystem management in Bangladesh: A case study of Rampal coal power plant project (2019)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2019). Environmental impact assessment in the context of mangrove forest ecosystem management in Bangladesh: A case study of Rampal coal power plant project. In P. Cullet, & S. Koonan (Eds.), Research Handbook on Law, Environment and the Global South (207-230). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784717469.00020

The mangroves of the Sundarbans, spanning between Bangladesh and India, are recognized as an internationally important World Heritage and Ramsar site. It supports a wide range of ecosystem services that sustain the livelihoods of local poor communiti... Read More about Environmental impact assessment in the context of mangrove forest ecosystem management in Bangladesh: A case study of Rampal coal power plant project.

A stock-taking of FPIC standards in international environmental law (2019)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2019). A stock-taking of FPIC standards in international environmental law. In O. McIntyre, J. May, D. Shelton, S. Turner, & J. Razzaque (Eds.), Environmental Rights: The Development of Standards (195-221). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

With its roots in the international human rights law, free prior and informed consent (FPIC) is now integrated within the environmental law regime. The cross-fertilisation of FPIC standards from human rights laws to environmental laws is evident in t... Read More about A stock-taking of FPIC standards in international environmental law.

Sustainable agricultural investment and the global south (2017)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J., & Le, P. (2017). Sustainable agricultural investment and the global south. In S. Alam, J. H. Bhuiyan, & J. Razzaque (Eds.), International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability (263-286). Routledge

In this age of economic globalisation, the agricultural sector requires more investment to meet the global need for food and fuel security, and greater development needs in rural areas in the global South. However, a sharp increase in land acquisitio... Read More about Sustainable agricultural investment and the global south.

Toxic ships, environmental crimes, and the North-South discourse (2017)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2017). Toxic ships, environmental crimes, and the North-South discourse. In T. Bergin, & E. Orlando (Eds.), Forging a Socio-Legal Approach to Environmental Harms: Global Perspectives (154-182). Routledge

Notwithstanding the presence of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, the movement of hazardous waste has grown globally in the form of dumping of toxic and electronic waste, relocation... Read More about Toxic ships, environmental crimes, and the North-South discourse.

International natural resources law and sustainable investment: Principles and practices (2017)
Book Chapter
Alam, S., Jahid, B., & Razzaque, J. (2017). International natural resources law and sustainable investment: Principles and practices. In J. Razzaque, J. Bhuyian, & S. Alam (Eds.), International Natural Resources Law, Investment and Sustainability (15-44). Routledge

The authors argue that sustainable development and growth can be achieved by governments, but only through careful management of natural resources. The authors also argue that foreign investment is, perhaps paradoxically, increasingly perceived as a... Read More about International natural resources law and sustainable investment: Principles and practices.

Sustainable development versus green economy: The way forward? (2015)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J., & Alam, S. (2015). Sustainable development versus green economy: The way forward?. In S. Alam, S. Atapattu, C. González, & J. Razzaque (Eds.), International Environmental Law and the Global South (609-624). New York: Cambridge University Press

Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters: Rio+20 appraisal (2012)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2012). Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters: Rio+20 appraisal. In J. H. Bhuyian, T. M. Chowdhury, E. J. Techera, & S. Alam (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Law (137-154). Abingdon: Routledge

Since 20 years of the Rio Declaration, we have seen a number of developments in the field of participatory rights where environmental agreements emphasise the need to include communities in the environmental decision making processes. Now and again,... Read More about Information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters: Rio+20 appraisal.

Resource sovereignty in the global environmental order (2012)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2012). Resource sovereignty in the global environmental order. In J. Razzaque, & E. Blanco (Eds.), Natural Resources and the Green Economy: Redefining the Challenges for People, States and Corporations (81-110). Brill

Over the last two decades, the growth in the number of environmental regulations is influenced partly as a direct result of the obligations created under multilateral agreements. While a large number of regulations may be the outcome of the governme... Read More about Resource sovereignty in the global environmental order.

Right to a healthy environment in human rights law (2010)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2010). Right to a healthy environment in human rights law. In M. Baderin, & M. Ssenyonjo (Eds.), International Human Rights Law: Six Decades after the UDHR and Beyond (115-135). Ashgate

The human right to a healthy environment is indispensable for leading a life with human dignity. It is a prerequisite for the realization of other human rights. The fact that the environment and human rights are intrinsically linked, and that environ... Read More about Right to a healthy environment in human rights law.

Human rights to a clean environment: Procedural rights (2010)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2010). Human rights to a clean environment: Procedural rights. In M. Fitzmaurice, & D. Ong (Eds.), Research Handbook On International Environmental Law (284-300). Edward Elgar

This chapter aims to provide an overview of the development of procedural environmental rights, and review the current interpretation, approaches and techniques of procedural rights in international and national laws. In the absence of any global fra... Read More about Human rights to a clean environment: Procedural rights.

Public participation in water governance (2009)
Book Chapter
Razzaque, J. (2009). Public participation in water governance. In J. Dellapenna, & J. Gupta (Eds.), The Evolution of the Law and Politics of Water (353-372). Springer

Public participation in water management remains an evolving issue. International and regional instruments provide mechanisms for local community participation in water related projects and policies. This chapter gives an overview of the growing part... Read More about Public participation in water governance.