Equality – Finding Space in Environmental Discourse

Authors

  • Loretta Feris University of Cape Town

Keywords:

environment, human rights, equality, dignity. Medio ambiente, derechos humanos, igualdad, dignidad.

Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between the environment and human rights values such as equality and dignity, including the equality of dignity. It argues that environmental impacts cannot be divorced from these values and that equality and dignity can be very useful tools in interrogating the impacts of policies aimed at protecting environmental resources of marginalised individuals and groups of people.

Este artículo analiza la relación entre el medio ambiente y los valores de los derechos humanos, como la igualdad y la dignidad, incluyendo la igualdad de la dignidad. Se argumenta que los impactos ambientales no pueden separarse de estos valores y que la igualdad y la dignidad pueden ser herramientas muy útiles en el interrogatorio de los impactos de las políticas destinadas a proteger los recursos ambientales de los individuos y grupos de personas marginadas.

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Author Biography

Loretta Feris, University of Cape Town

Loretta Feris is professor of law in the Institute of Marine and Environmental Law and teaches natural resources law, pollution law and international environmental law. She holds a BA(law), LLB and LLD from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa and a LLM from Georgetown University in the USA. Previously she was associate professor of law at the University of Pretoria, where she was also a research associate at the Centre for Human Rights. Prior to joining the University of Pretoria, she was based at American University’s Washington College of Law first as an international fellow and later as Assistant Director of the International Legal Studies Program. Her research interest includes environmental rights and trade and environment

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Published

30-01-2013

How to Cite

Feris, L. (2013) “Equality – Finding Space in Environmental Discourse”, Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 3(5), pp. 877–892. Available at: https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/254 (Accessed: 25 April 2024).

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 5 (2013): Human Rights and the Environment: In Search of a New Relationship

Section

Theme II: Reconfiguring the Legal

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