Call for Book Chapter Proposals! Environment and Human Rights in India! Abstract Submission deadline: 25 October 2024!

In July 2022, the United Nations General Assembly in its Resolution (A/76/L.75) has recognized the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right, but the resolution is legally non-binding. Relationship between human rights and the environment remains contested, as it encompasses not only the rights of people, but also concerns of the state and rights of nature. Humankind around the globe is facing tremendous environmental challenges in the form of global warming, climate change, pollution, deforestation, loss of biodiversity and desertification and so on. As per 2006, Living Planet Report “The earth’s regenerative capacity can no longer keep up with demand—people are turning resources into waste faster than nature can turn waste back into resources. Humanity is no longer living off nature’s interest but drawing down its capital.”

Topics may include but not confined to:

Theoretical underpinnings of human rights and environmental justice.
The philosophical foundations of the right to healthy environment as a human right.
The implementation of international human rights and environmental rights standards in India.
Natural resource Management and environmental sustainability in human rights context in India.
Human rights, environment and sustainable economic development in India.
Environment, human rights and vulnerable sections of society.
Role of legislature addressing human rights concerns in environmental law and policy.
Pathways for sustainable environmental governance and collective action and human rights.

Submission Guidelines

Abstract must not be less than 500 words, covering significant issues, research outlines and 56 keywords. Co-authorship is limited to a maximum of two authors. An abstract must be submitted along with a cover-letter. Submit your abstract at: [email protected].