In its current form, the ASEAN Declaration on Environmental Rights lacks the necessary forward-thinking provisions for effective environmental and social safeguards. This needs to change as the people ...

Because the courts have not fleshed out all the nuances of what the Environmental Rights Amendment means, this superficially procedural decision may have important implications for how that ...

A group of nine UN Special Rapporteurs and mandate holders issued a Joint Allegation Letter (JAL) to the government of ...

More than 50 faith leaders from a diverse coalition of faith communities rallied together virtually on Feb. 22 for the purposes of “Protecting the Gift of Creation” in support of the Environmental ...

A new state-wide coalition wants to add an environmental rights amendment to the Oregon Constitution. It would enshrine the right to a healthy environment in the Bill of Rights. Proponents say making ...

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Advocates distributed bumper stickers and other paraphernalia at the State Capitol on to support a proposal to enshrine environmental rights in the state Constitution. Such an amendment would have to ...

Banner for the CT Environmental Rights Amendment on the steps of the Old State House Credit: Jan Ellen Sipegel / CT Mirror CT Mirror’s independent, nonprofit journalism depends on reader support. The ...

The European Environment Agency warned against reflex lawmaking in its 2022 report (updated in April 2023), confirming that landmark agri-environmental policies ‘should not be undermined by ...

Brazil’s Congress should reject proposals to dismantle environmental licensing requirements and to revoke a plan to protect ...

Human rights and environmental protection are closely linked, hence the guarantee and right to a clean environment. However, this crucial right has majorly been overlooked. Majority of human rights ...

Last month, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that environmental groups could intervene in litigation to use the Environmental Rights Amendment of the Pennsylvania Constitution to support a ...