hre_biography_1992-ed79b95ce9ea4dfc.pdf

This document is a selected bibliography titled "HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY," compiled by David Downes for the Center for International Environmental Law and dated July 1, 1992. It provides a curated list of legal cases, United Nations reports, World Bank operational directives, and academic literature concerning the intersection of human rights, indigenous peoples' rights, and environmental protection.

• The bibliography lists several legal cases where environmental or resource development issues intersected with human rights, including a 1990 decision (Ominayak v. Canada) finding that oil and mineral development violated the rights of the Lubicon Lake Band to enjoy their own culture under Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
• The document references World Bank Operational Directives from September and October 1991 regarding environmental assessments (OD 4.01) and policies and processing procedures for projects affecting indigenous peoples (OD 4.20).
• The bibliography includes a critique by Yash Ghai regarding the proposed human right to development, arguing that it has been used as a tool for authoritarian regimes in developing countries to extract resources from the West rather than to help the poor and disadvantaged.
• The list includes literature advocating for the establishment of a human right to a safe, healthy, and ecologically balanced environment to protect future generations, human health, and the natural environment.

APA

Center for International Environmental Law (n.d.). hre_biography_1992-ed79b95ce9ea4dfc.pdf. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/HRE_Biography_1992.pdf

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