Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment: Course Syllabus

The Introduction to Human Rights and the Environment course covers the relationship between human rights and the environment; explains the bases for the application of human rights to environmental issues, and the procedural and substantive obligations relating to the environment; and gives examples of constitutions that have incorporated a right to a healthy environment, good practices in procedural and substantive environmental protection.

Formal education, Non-formal education, Training of Professional Groups

FE: Secondary and high school, FE: Primary school, FE: Higher education, NFE: Communities, TP: NGOs

Right to environment, Human rights-based approach