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Environmental Procedural Rights in Africa : with specific reference to South Africa and Uganda / Peter Davis Mutesasira.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Humanity, earth and law in the third millennium ; 3.Publication details: Netherlands : Eleven International Publishing, c2020.Description: xiv, 432 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9789462361263
  • 9462361266
  • 9789490947002 (E-book)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.6046 23 MUT
LOC classification:
  • KQC705 .M88 2020
Environmental procedural rights, i.e. the right to access to information, public participation and access to justice, have become one of the means of fundamentally protecting the environment. Underfunding, inadequate financial resources, competition with other national priorities, corruption, poor implementation, limited manpower and human resources, poor coordination and cooperation among State agencies, fragmentation of laws and policies, are governmental challenges faced all over Africa, including South Africa and Uganda. The question arises whether environmental procedural rights can be effectively implemented to curb environmental degradation. This book analyses the domestic implementation of the right to access to information, public participation and to access to justice in South Africa and Uganda. It also makes a case for the inclusion of the right to protest as a potential fourth environmental procedural right. Attention is also paid to the fact that environmental procedural rights have gained widespread recognition by governments, illustrated by agreements such as the Aarhus Convention and the Escazu Agreement.
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Books Hamu Mukasa Library - Law and Science section; Level 3 Closed Access l Short Loan 344.6046 MUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 161610
Books Hamu Mukasa Library - Law and Science section; Level 3 Closed Access l Short Loan 344.6046 MUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 161609
Books Hamu Mukasa Library - Law and Science section; Level 3 Closed Access l Short Loan 344.6046 MUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 161608

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Environmental procedural rights, i.e. the right to access to information, public participation and access to justice, have become one of the means of fundamentally protecting the environment. Underfunding, inadequate financial resources, competition with other national priorities, corruption, poor implementation, limited manpower and human resources, poor coordination and cooperation among State agencies, fragmentation of laws and policies, are governmental challenges faced all over Africa, including South Africa and Uganda. The question arises whether environmental procedural rights can be effectively implemented to curb environmental degradation. This book analyses the domestic implementation of the right to access to information, public participation and to access to justice in South Africa and Uganda. It also makes a case for the inclusion of the right to protest as a potential fourth environmental procedural right. Attention is also paid to the fact that environmental procedural rights have gained widespread recognition by governments, illustrated by agreements such as the Aarhus Convention and the Escazu Agreement.

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