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Human Health and Ecological Integrity: Ethics, Law and Human Rights

Edited by: Laura Westra, Colin L. Soskolne, Donald Spady

ISBN13: 9780415504270
Published: May 2012
Publisher: Earthscan
Country of Publication: UK
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The connection between environment and health has been well studied and documented, particularly by the World Health Organization.

It is now being included in some legal instruments, although for the most part caselaw does not explicitly make that connection. Neither the right to life nor the right to health or to normal development are actually cited in the resolution of cases and in the judges' decisions.

This volume makes the connection explicit in a broad review of human rights and legal issues associated with public health and the environment. This will be particularly useful as many legal instruments emphasize the right to "development" without fully discussing the necessary safety and public health aspects, and the respect for the ecology of any area where such "development" (often unwanted by local or indigenous communities) is to be located.

Climate change is another grave variable that is considered and several chapters address the interface between human health and ecological conditions. Overall the book integrates perspectives from a wide range of disciplines, including ethics, ecology, public health and epidemiology, human rights and law.

Subjects:
Human Rights and Civil Liberties, Environmental Law
Contents:
Foreword Roger Brownsword. Prologue - Ecological Integrity, Human Health and the Czech Democratic Tradition: From Jan Hus to Josef Vavrousek J. Ronald Engel.
Introduction Laura Westra, Colin L. Soskolne and Donald Spady.

Part 1: Health and the Environment. Summary Introduction.
1. Life, Health and the Environment: the Denied Connection Laura Westra.
2. Keeping Nature Alive: Ethical Principles on the Environment and Human Health in State Statutes Katy Kintzele.
3. Human Rights, Environmental Duties: An Ecological Interpretation of International Law Megan Mitchell.
4. The Common Heritage Principle and Public Health: Honouring our Legacy Prue Taylor.
5. Aldo Leopold's Concept of Land Health: Implications for Sound Public Health Policy Paul Carrick.

Part 2: Ecosystem Services and State Responsibility for Public Health. Summary Introduction.
6. Valuation Ecosystem Services as an Instrument for Implementation of the European Landscape Convention Joseph Sejak, Pavel Cudlin and Jan Pokorny.
7. Less Energy, Better Health? Jack Manno.
8. Canada's "Rogue Nation" Position on Asbestos Colin L. Soskolne and Kathleen Ruff.
9. Public Health and Primary Prevention: Past and Present Opportunities and Barriers Vladimir Bencko and John Quinn.

Part 3: Public Health Issues. Summary Introduction.
10. Public Health Care in the Time of Transition: the Need to Revert to Basics. Donald Spady.
11. Migrants' Access to Healthcare in the Czech Republic: Ethical Challenges Helena Hnilicova and Karolina Dobiasova.
12. Gender, Violation of Human Rights and Mental Health Yuliya Lyamzina.
13. The Efficiency of Cost-Control Policies in Health Care: Does Economic Efficiency Imply Sustainability? Tomas Zeleny.

Part 4: Climate Change, Water and Public Health. Summary Introduction.
14. Ethical Obligations of Individuals to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Don Brown.
15. Domains of Climate Ethics Konrad Ott and Cristian Baatz.
16. Climate Change and Law: A Constitutional Perspective. Antonio D'Aloia.
17. International Groundwater Law Joe Dellapenna.
18. Environmental Protection and the Human Right to Water: Complimentarity and Tension.

Part 5: New Approaches. Summary Introduction.
19. The Challenges of Creating New Human Rights Kathleen Mahoney.
20. The Protection of Cultural Landscapes and Indigenous Heritage in International Investment Law Valentina Vadi.
21. "Some for All, Forever": A Southern Perspective on Poverty, Access to Water, Environmental Health and the North-South Divide Louis J. Kotze.

Part 6: Environmental Laws and Human Health. Summary Introduction.
22. Are Cows "Climate Killers?" Franz-Theo Gottwald.
23. Food Security, Public Health, Financial Regimes and International Law John Quinn and Vladimir Bencko.
24. Re-Examining Health Protection in International Environmental Regulation William Onzivu.
25. The Human Impact on the Ecosystem: Past, Present and Future Brunetto Chiarelli.
26. Introducing the Rule of Ecological Law Geoffrey Garver.
Conclusion.
Lawrence Gostin.
Notes on Contributors.
Index.