Author : Sarwat Fatma 1
Date of Publication :21st February 2018
Abstract: The constitution of India provides human environmental rights to ensure social, political and economic justice and equality to its citizens, ensuring amongst others, decent standard of life, to improve public health and sanitation, organize agriculture and animal husbandry to both men and women equally. Every person enjoys the right to a wholesome environment, which is an aspect of the “right to life & personal liberty†guaranteed in the article 21 of the Indian Constitution. All human beings have the fundamental right to reside in an environment adequate for their health and well being. Out of the two concepts of Environmental Rights, the first is “Right to healthy and adequate environment†and the other one is the idea that “Environmental Human Rights can be derived from other human rights, usually-the right to life, the right to health, the right to private family life and the right to property.†But the onset of various environmental issues, especially “climate changeâ€, has created violation of these rights and also potential conflicts between different human rights especially for women. Human rights ultimately require a working ecosystem and healthy environment, but the granting of certain rights to individuals may damage these. Such as the conflict between right to decide number of offspring and the common need for a healthy environment
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