03376cam a2200373 i 4500 23772018 OSt 20260423095644.0 240711s2025 enk b 001 0 eng 2024030608 9781032565668 (hardback) 9781032565675 (paperback) 9781003436133 (ebook) 23772018 MMARA-U eng MMARA-U MMARA-U MMARA-U K3585.5 .V37 2025 Varvastian, Samvel, 1988- author. 3116 Human rights approaches to planetary crises : from climate change to plastic pollution / Samvel Varvastian. New York, NY : Routledge, 2025. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025. xxx, 191 pages ; 24 cm Law, justice and ecology Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references and index. The age of planetary crises -- Human rights mechanisms -- Constitutional rights. "This book analyses over twenty years of rights-based litigation in the areas of climate change and plastic pollution in order to assess the value of rights in confronting and overcoming planetary crises. We live in an age of planetary crises such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and plastic pollution, which take a huge toll on communities all around the world, endangering their fundamental interests. But can the lack of government action on these crises, or action that worsens them, amount to violations of human rights? Many courts are grappling with this question, as rights-based litigation becomes increasingly common. By focusing on climate change and plastic pollution as case studies, this book examines the viability of rights claims when confronting planetary crises in courts. From early attempts to pursue rights claims in response to planetary crises in the 2000s, to high-profile court wins in such cases in the 2010s, and to the spread of such cases across dozens of jurisdictions by the 2020s, rights claims in climate change and plastic pollution litigation have become a truly global phenomenon. Through a systematic and in-depth analysis of such litigation in more than thirty jurisdictions, this book identifies factors that determine the viability of rights claims when confronting planetary crises. It reveals that, even though not all litigation fora are equally favourable to such claims, human rights can indeed be successfully invoked in different types of legal action. This book will be of considerable interest to policymakers, legal scholars and practitioners, as well as students, who work in or study environmental and climate change law, human rights law, constitutional law, and international and comparative law"-- Provided by publisher. Climatic changes Law and legislation. 3117 Plastic scrap Law and legislation. 3118 Plastic scrap Environmental aspects. 3119 Plastic marine debris Environmental aspects. 3120 International law and human rights. 3034 Online version: Varvastian, Samvel, 1988- Human rights approaches to planetary crises Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025 9781003436133 (DLC) 2024030609 lcc LOAN LOAN 33513 33510 0 0 lcc 0 0 MMU001 MMU001 2026-04-23 Donation 31250.00 0 K3585.5 .V37 2025 26040803 2026-04-23 09:59:46 2026-04-23 LOAN LOAN