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Environmental Rights, Also Known As The Human Rights Or Constitutional Rights That Are Used For The Protection Of The Environment, Have Proliferated Over The Last Forty-five Years. However, The Precise Levels Of Protection That They Represent Has Since Been A Major Question Associated With This Phenomenon. Environmental Rights: The Development Of Standards Systematically Investigates This Question By Analyzing The Emerging Standards Of Environmental Protection That Are Associated With Such Rights And The Way That Those Associations Are Becoming Formalized. It Covers All Of The Relevant Human Rights Treaties To Illustrate How Environmental Rights Standards Are Emerging In This Dynamic Area. Bringing Together An Elite Group Of Scholars, This Book Discusses Significant New Insights Into The Way That Environmental Rights Are Developing, The Standards Of Protection That They Confer, And The Way That Standards In The Field Of Environmental Rights Can Potentially Be Further Developed In The Future.--publisher's Website. 1. Introduction: A Brief History Of Environmental Rights And The Development Of Standards / Stephen J. Turner -- 2. Environmental Rights And International Human Rights Covenants: What Standards Are Relevant? / Sumudu Atapatu -- 3. The Echr, Environment-based Human Rights Claims And The Search For Standards / Karen Morrow -- 4. The American Convention On Human Rights And Environmental Rights Standards / Evadné Grant -- 5. The African Charter On Human And Peoples' Rights And Environmental Rights Standards / Louis Kotzé And Anél Du Plessis -- 6. The Aarhus Convention: Standards For Access To Justice In Environmental Matters / Áine Ryall -- 7. The Emergence Of Standards Regarding The Right Of Access To Water And Sanitation / Owen Mcintyre -- 8. Standards In The Procedural Rights Of Multilateral Environmental Agreements / Lara Ognibene And Angela Kariuki -- 9. A Stock-taking Of Fpic Standards In International Environmental Law / Jona Razzaque -- 10. Environm