Linking Environmental Protection, Health, And Human Rights In The European Union: An Argument In Favour Of Environmental Justice Policy

摘要

It has been the ambition of this overview to describe the contours of a vacuum. Despite compelling and powerful exclusion issues falling along the nexus of environmental regulation and human rights law European institutions have not yet managed to tackle these issues outright. The European Union has the competence to address these matters as a result of powers included in existing treaties, and should respond to the current regulatory vacuum by providing leadership in this area. Authorities in EU Member States, as well as in EU candidate countries and elsewhere are also in a position to make powerful contributions to the elaboration of this much-needed regulatory framework by taking the initiative in advance of EU action to address these compelling needs.