Routledge Human Rights and the Environment: Conflicts and Norms

This Routledge volume examines the critical intersection of environmental damage and human rights protection, exploring how ecological harm threatens civil, political, welfare and labour rights globally. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives from law, anthropology, economics, geography and social science, the book analyses contemporary conflicts between development and rights protection whilst demonstrating how new international standards can safeguard fundamental liberties. Ideal for students, researchers and policymakers, it addresses the growing corporate accountability movement and emerging norms governing business conduct in an environmentally conscious world.