Third generation environmental rights related to environmental decisionmaking and genetically modified organisms for sustainable development

Ansari, Abdul Haseeb and Al-Gasim, Saa Abu (2014) Third generation environmental rights related to environmental decisionmaking and genetically modified organisms for sustainable development. Advances in Environmental Biology, 8 (13). pp. 552-566. ISSN 1995-0756

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Abstract

Third generation environmental rights have developed out of the loggerhead situation of the promotion of development and trade, including international trade, and conservation of the environment. It was first realised at the UN Conference on Human Environment 1972 that unfettered developmental might adversely affect the environment and can thus cause deleterious impact on its quality, which, in effect, may be detrimental to the humanity. It gave rise to the idea of sustainable development, which encompassed all human activities and dictates them to be environmentally responsible. It has to be judged on the basis of Impact Assessment. Third generation environmental rights together strive to save the world from the ultimate disaster. Right to access to information, right participate in environmental decision-making, access to justice, right to get precautionary principle applied to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and right to information with respect to GM food are crucial environmental rights among them. The paper discusses them, except access to justice, and offers certain suggestions for ensuring these rights to the benefit of all.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Additional Information:	1526/39008
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Environmental Rights, Environmental Decision-making, Genetically Modified Organisms, Sustainable Development
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws > Department of Civil Law
Depositing User:	Professor Abdul Haseeb Ansari
Date Deposited:	08 Nov 2014 09:01
Last Modified:	19 Jun 2018 11:47
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/39008

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