Human Rights and the Environment in Africa

A Research Companion

Jean-Claude N. Ashukem, Semie M. Sama

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Routledge
24 November 2023

Human rights; Civil rights & citizenship; Environment law; Global warming

The relationship between human rights and the environment, as evidenced by the 2022 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, and doctrinal, research to interrogate and provide clarity on how and whether the human rightsbased 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.

Edited by: Jean-Claude N. Ashukem, Semie M. Sama
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 880g
ISBN: 9781032459073
ISBN 10: 1032459077
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 24 November 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jean-Claude N. Ashukem is Researcher at the Global Environmental Law Centre at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He serves on the Editorial Board of GNOSI: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Theory and Praxis. Semie M. Sama is Assistant Professor of Law at Lakehead University, Canada.

Reviews for Human Rights and the Environment in Africa: A Research Companion

'This research companion is a much-needed addition to scholarship on human rights and the environment in Africa. It proposes legal, institutional and regulatory solutions to the unfolding climate and biodiversity crises that urgently require solutions. It covers a wide range of issues including the right to development, the role of the judiciary, environmental ethics, land grabbing, sustainable development and ecological sustainability, procedural justice, and governance of natural resources. This timely and welcoming volume on legal responses to climate and environmental problems in Africa is an important addition to the increasing body of research by Africans.' Professor Sam Adelman, University of Warwick, United Kingdom 'This book provides a fresh and much needed series of perspectives on the topic. Covering enormous ground, it highlights quality African and transnational scholarship in the field, and will present a good source for many years to come.' Kim Bouwer, Assistant Professor in Law, Durham Law School.