Human Rights, Environmental Protection, and the Sustainable Development Goals
Human Rights, Environmental Protection, and the Sustainable Development Goals
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人权、环境保护和可持续发展目标
DOI：
10.1163/9789004322714_cclc_2015-0162-001
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发表时间：
2015
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
John H. Knox
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作者：
John H. Knox
近年来，国际人权法庭和其他机构已查明环境损害可能干扰人权享受的方式，并澄清各国有义务保护人权不受这种干扰。例如，各国有义务提供获取环境信息的机会，保护有关环境问题的自由表达和结社权利，并规定参与环境决策。本文探讨了联合国开放工作组提出的可持续发展目标草案在多大程度上反映了与环境保护有关的人权义务。报告的结论是，拟议的可持续发展目标包括促进这些义务的目标，但具体目标往往以既不具体也与现有人权义务不密切相关的语言编写。
In recent years, international human rights tribunals and other bodies have identified ways that environmental harm can interfere with the enjoyment of human rights, and have clarified that States have obligations to protect human rights against such interference. For example, States have duties to provide access to environmental information, to protect rights of free expression and association in relation to environmental issues, and to provide for participation in environmental decision-making. This article examines how well the draft Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”) proposed by the United Nations Open Working Group reflect the human rights obligations relating to environmental protection. It concludes that the proposed SDGs include goals that would promote those obligations, but that the specific targets are often written in language that is neither concrete nor closely linked to existing human rights obligations.