Human Rights and Environmental Protection from a Central and Eastern European Perspective
Synopsis
The volume Human Rights and Environmental Protection from a Central and Eastern European Perspective, edited by Anikó Raisz and Enikő Krajnyák, provides a comprehensive analysis of the evolving relationship between human rights and environmental protection, with a particular emphasis on the legal traditions, jurisprudence, and contemporary challenges of Central and Eastern Europe. The book begins by exploring the theoretical, moral, and institutional foundations of the protection of the environment in human rights law, tracing the emergence of the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment within the United Nations framework and examining the contribution of international environmental treaties to the protection of human rights. It also analyses key procedural environmental instruments, such as the Aarhus and Espoo Conventions, highlighting how international environmental law and human rights law increasingly reinforce one another in addressing complex environmental and climate-related challenges.
Building on this normative framework, the book examines the environmental jurisprudence of regional human rights systems, focusing on the European Court of Human Rights, the European Committee of Social Rights, the European Union, and the Inter-American and African human rights systems. Individual chapters analyse the interpretation of rights such as the right to life, private and family life, fair trial, and effective remedy in environmental contexts, while also assessing the growing recognition of a substantive right to a healthy environment across different legal regimes. By combining comparative legal analysis with a distinct Central and Eastern European perspective, the volume offers an interdisciplinary resource that highlights regional experiences while situating them within broader global developments in environmental human rights law, making it a valuable contribution to contemporary legal scholarship in this emerging field.
Chapters
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Human Rights and Environmental Protection from a Central and Eastern European Perspective
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Human Rights and the Environment – Theoretical, Moral and Religious Foundations
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Human Rights and the Environment: A Normative and Institutional Framework in the UN
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The Development of the Climate Change Framework Within the UN With Particular Attention to Human Rights; Central and Eastern European Perspective
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Other Environmental Treaties Relevant for Human Rights Protection
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The Aarhus Convention and the Espoo Convention
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Introductory Reflections on the Protection of the Environment in Regional Jurisprudences
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Environmental Rights and Article 2 of the ECHR: A Focus on Central and Eastern European Jurisprudence
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The Intersection of the Right to Private and Family Life and Environmental Protection: A Comparative Analysis of Key Cases in Central and Eastern Europe
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The Right to a Fair Trial and the Right to an Effective Remedy in Environmental Protection (Perspective of the ECtHR Case Law Under Articles 6 and 13 ECHR)
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The European Committee of Social Rights and Environmental Protection
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The EU Charter as a Catalyst for Environmental Action: Spotlighting Articles 37 and 47
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The Protection of the Environment in Regional Human Rights Systems Outside Europe I: The Inter-American Human Rights System
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The Protection of the Environment in Regional Human Rights Systems Outside of Europe II: The African Human Rights System
Published
March 1, 2026
Series
Copyright (c) 2026 Human Rights – Children’s Rights
License
LicenseDetails about the available publication format: Full book
Full book
ISBN-13 (15)
978-615-7027-21-3
Details about the available publication format: E-book (.epub)
E-book (.epub)
ISBN-13 (15)
978-615-7027-22-0
How to Cite
Raisz, A. and Krajnyák, E. (eds.) (2026) Human Rights and Environmental Protection from a Central and Eastern European Perspective. Human Rights – Children’s Rights (Human Rights and Rule of Law). doi:10.71009/2026.arek.hraep.
