Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development
- The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword (on Living in an Interregnum)
- 1 Intersections of Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development
- Part I Frameworks
- Part II Case Studies
- Strategies, Challenges, and Vulnerable Groups
- 9 The Role of Public Interest Litigation in Realizing Environmental Justice in South Asia
- 10 Children’s Rights or Intergenerational Equity?
- 11 Indigenous Environmental Rights and Sustainable Development
- 12 Indigenous Ancestors
- 13 Water Justice and the Social Pillar of Sustainable Development
- 14 Gender, Indigeneity, and the Search for Environmental Justice in Postcolonial Africa
- 15 Colombo International Financial City
- Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes
- Resource Extraction
- Energy
- Climate Change
- Part III Conclusion
- Index
9 - The Role of Public Interest Litigation in Realizing Environmental Justice in South Asia
Selected Cases as Guidance in Implementing Agenda 2030
from Strategies, Challenges, and Vulnerable Groups
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 March 2021
- The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development
- The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword (on Living in an Interregnum)
- 1 Intersections of Environmental Justice and Sustainable Development
- Part I Frameworks
- Part II Case Studies
- Strategies, Challenges, and Vulnerable Groups
- 9 The Role of Public Interest Litigation in Realizing Environmental Justice in South Asia
- 10 Children’s Rights or Intergenerational Equity?
- 11 Indigenous Environmental Rights and Sustainable Development
- 12 Indigenous Ancestors
- 13 Water Justice and the Social Pillar of Sustainable Development
- 14 Gender, Indigeneity, and the Search for Environmental Justice in Postcolonial Africa
- 15 Colombo International Financial City
- Toxic Substances and Hazardous Wastes
- Resource Extraction
- Energy
- Climate Change
- Part III Conclusion
- Index
Summary
Alongside the evolution of the idea and principles of sustainable development in international law and policy from the 1980s to date,1 judiciaries in some regions also engaged in defining sustainable development and designing tools to achieve it. In the process, they have clarified the linkages between economic, social, and environmental justice, and development. In South Asia, a vibrant body of jurisprudence evolved during this time, catalyzed by public interest litigation (PIL). PIL has become a viable medium to address the grievances of poor and marginalized communities.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021