Enhancing Environmental Protection and Socio-Economic Development in Africa: A Fresh Look at the Right to a General Satisfactory Environment under the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
The African Charter to Human and Peoples' Rights is an innovative document as it is the first human rights albeit regional instrument to provide for a substantive right to environment. However, the right as provided under the Charter is encumbered as it is linked to the promotion of development...
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School of Oriental and African Studies
2009-06-01
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| Series: | Law, Environment and Development Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://lead-journal.org/content/09058.pdf |