A look at the right to a dignified life from the context of a healthy and sustainable environment
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Human well-being is framed by the criteria of cleanliness in the material world, while environmental pollution is considered one of the main factors increasing inequality among people. Strengthening social sustainability against the backdrop of climate change – compliance with human rights related to air, water, food, and sanitation– is a priority. That is why environmental and human rights should be analyzed in a mutual manner based on the principles of equality, justice, and responsibility, and environmental pollution should be addressed in the interests of present and future generations from the perspective of sustainable development. All arguments put forward throughout the article are supported by sound reasoning regarding the impact of the right to a healthy and sustainable environment on a decent standard of living for people. In particular, it is argued that environmental law itself forms a complex system by combining basic rights to decent water, adequate food, safe air, access to information, education, etc., but this system itself is a subsystem of the right to a decent life. In the conclusion section, the author rightly proposes the adoption of the “Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Environmental Education” in order to strengthen the knowledge of pupils and students in this field and to deepen the connection between the right to a healthy environment and the country’s education policy in accordance with the principles of gender sensitivity, participation, transparency, accountability, justice, and sustainability.
Source: Juridical Sciences and Education
Author: Melekhanim Rahimova
Language: English
Topic: Environmental law and policy
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4409464700