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The book analyses the emerging concept of ?non-regression? as a novel legal principle of international environmental law. In order to do so, it traces the development of non-regression in the framework of international human rights law and provides an examination of the respective jurisprudence under universal and regional human rights instruments. These are then compared to closely-related normative concepts in the framework of international environmental law, including the non-regression concepts of the Paris Climate Change Agreement and biodiversity-related agreements such as the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands and the Bonn Convention on Migratory Species. The book advocates a novel usage of comparative law methods in order to allow for fruitful interactions between human rights and international environmental law.00'Non-regression in International Environmental Law' is an important contribution to the development of international environmental law that offers a fresh perspective on the relationship between human rights and international environmental law

Chapter 1. Setting the Scene: From Environment as an Object to be Protected towards an Environmental Right(s)-based Approach - The International and EU Law Perspective -- Chapter 2. The Convention on the Rights of the Child: The Legal Basis for Environment-related Children's Rights -- Chapter 3. A Child-centred Approach between the Lines of International and EU Environmental Law -- Chapter 4. Children in Pursuit of Environmental Human Rights: Current Practice and Future Prospects -- Chapter 5. Concluding Remarks -- Index.

With a vast river network and rainforests extending over eight South American countries, the Amazon plays a vital role particularly in maintaining biodiversity and terrestrial carbon storage. Due to its ecological characteristics, the Amazon benefits not only those countries but also the international community at large. However, the Amazon forests are being rapidly cleared with a consequent loss of biodiversity and impact on global climate. This book examines whether international law has an impact on the preservation of the Amazon by inquiring into the forms of cooperation that exist among the Amazon countries, and between them and the international community, and to what extent international cooperation can help protect the Amazon. Given the role of this region in maintaining the balance of the global environment, the book examines whether the Amazon should be granted a special legal status and possible implications in terms of international cooperation.

The growing body of WTO jurisprudence is of profound significance for the development of the general body of international law. This work examines how the WTO law can contribute to achieving coherence between general international law, international environmental law and international trade law and avoid conflicts