The human rights fundaments of conservation in the context of the extraction of energy resources / / María Augusta León Moreta.

• VerfasserIn: León-Moreta, María,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, [Germany] : : V&R unipress :, Bonn University Press,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Bonner Rechtswissenschaftliche Abhandlungen Neue Folge
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (386 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Table of Contents

• Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Foreword; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; List of Figures; A. Introduction; B. Legal Foundations of the Link Between Human Rights and Conservation; I. Human Rights in International Law; 1. Objective; 2. Definition; 3. Characteristics; 4. Classification; 5. Legal Nature of Human Rights Obligations; a. Obligation to Respect; b. Obligation to Ensure and Meet Human Rights; c. Obligation to Protect; d. Obligation to Respect Human Rights without Discrimination; 6. Legal Framework for Human Rights
• II. Environment and Conservation in International Environmental Law1. Environment in International Environmental Law; 2. Cause-and-Effect Relationship Between Human Activities and the Environment; a. Global Driving Forces Affecting the Consumption of Natural Resources; b. Pressures on the Environment; c. States, Impacts and Responses; 3. Conservation and International Environmental Law: a Way to Protect the Environment; 4. Principles and Rules of International Environmental Law; 5. Environmental Legal Framework; III. Conclusion; C. The Extraction of Natural Resources in the Energy Sector
• I. The Extraction of Natural Resources1. Natural Resources: Definition and Classification; 2. Life Cycle of Natural Resources Within the Economy; 3. The Extraction of Natural Resources and Its Impact; 4. Natural Resources and Their Exploitation in International Law; II. Energy in an International Context; 1. Energy and Development; 2. Extraction of Energy Sources; a. Non-renewable Energy Resources : Basic Components for the Generation of Fossil Fuels; b. Renewable Energy Resources: Keystones of the Development of Clean Energies; 3. Property and Natural Resources
• a. Property: Definitions and Categoriesb. Permanent Sovereignty over Natural Resources; c. Ownership of Energy Resources; 4. Energy Generation in International Law; a. Energy Law in International Law; b. Regulation of Non-Renewable Energy; c. Regulation of Renewable Energy; III. Conclusion; D. The Link Between Human Rights and the Environment; I. Substantive Rights; 1. The Right to Life; a. Legal Foundations; b. The Prohibition of Arbitrary Deprivation of Human Life in Relation to the Development of Dangerous Activities
• c. The Duty to Protect Life by Law and its Role in the Extraction of Natural Resourcesd. Conclusions; 2. The Human Right to Property; a. Legal Foundations; b. Linking the Right to Property and the Environment in the Context of the Extraction of Energy Resources; c. Indigenous Peoples and the Right to Property; d. Conclusion; 3. The Right to Respect for Private and Family Life and Home; a. The Human Right to Respect for Privacy, Family and Home and its Ecological Approach; b. Limitations of State's Duties
• c. Extraction of Energy Resources in the Light of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights