Human rights and the environment in the EU. Challenges in practice and environmental defenders

Human rights and the environment in the EU. Challenges in practice and environmental defenders. Edited by Asterios Tsioumanis and Vangelis Perrakis. Transdisciplinary Institute for Environmental and Social Studies. 2023

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Table of contents

Preface
Asterios Tsioumanis


Crises, neoliberalism, tragedies, and the commons:
from the common spring to the spring of the commons
Vangelis Perrakis


Belonging by confrontation: living, working, and struggling
next to a mine in Halkidiki, Greece
Giorgos Velegrakis


SLAPP, environmental movements and the Alterthess case
Stavroula Poulimeni


The Fight for the Defence of Agrafa (2018-2023)
Sophia Zygogianni


The story of the poor, unfortunate cobbler
Megali Panagia Struggle Committee


The Case of Vassilis Maggos
Giannis Maggos


From the most heinous Indigenous and human rights violations to the key to countering the
intergenerational effects of genocide and climate change
Heove ve ‘keso (Yellowbird), Nicole Schabus

Human rights and the environment in the EU. An introductory textbook

Editor: Asterios Tsioumanis

Layout: Vangelis Perrakis

Cover image: Kostis Argyriadis

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Table of Contents

Preface

Asterios Tsioumanis

Environmental rights: An introduction to global law and policy

Elsa Tsioumani

The evolution and limitations of the human rights framework

Nicole Schabus

Intergenerational Rights: Rights of the Child and Environment

Ivana Savić

Intergenerational Justice:  an emerging concept through the lens of the international and supreme courts

Manos Kalaintzis

Climate Change, Human Rights and Power

Kiara Worth

Human Rights and Climate Change – Emerging issues

Chris Spence

Appendix: An introduction to the evolution of human rights – Celebrating the inclusion of environmental rights

Asterios Tsioumanis