Theorizing a Human Rights- Based Approach to Biodiversity and its Justiciability in Domestic and International Jurisprudence

This paper sets out the results achieved in the framework of a research project dealing with the protection of biodiversity from the perspective of international human rights law. In particular, this study draws inspiration form the environmental case law on the rights of Nature and from a rising cl...

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Autor: Fanni, Simona
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/149741
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/149741
https://doi.org/10.12795/IESTSCIENTIA.2023.i01.05
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Biodiversity
Human rights
Intragenerational and intergenerational equity
Extraterritoriality
Climate change
Rights of nature
Biodiversidad
Derechos humanos
Equidad intrageneracional e intergeneracional
Cambio climático
Derechos de la naturaleza
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Resumo:This paper sets out the results achieved in the framework of a research project dealing with the protection of biodiversity from the perspective of international human rights law. In particular, this study draws inspiration form the environmental case law on the rights of Nature and from a rising climate litigation wave that stands out for several prominent features, namely: the use of human rights and constitutional rights as a standard for assessing States’ compliance with their obligations under international human rights law and international environmental law; the narrative of intragenerational and intergenerational equity; a renewed reading of extraterritoriality. In this respect, the most significant domestic and international decisions are analyzed, and some viable ways in which the results achieved by the case law under consideration may benefit the protection of biodiversity and its justiciability are suggested, including multi-level judicial dialogue.