Achieving environmental justice within the framework of activating the requirements of sustainable development - study of some models of leading countries in the field of enabling environmental justice-

تاريخ الاستلام :09/01/2020 تاريخ القبول :11/10/2020

Abstract

Since current societies face environmental problems, numerous studies have shown that the most serious of these problems is the lack of water resources, pollution, and the lack of environmental awareness; in addition to the lack of both social and environmental justice, especially in remote and poor areas that lack the most fundamental rights of getting clean waters, living in healthy environment, and getting access to environmental information, as well as their right to achieve justice within the same generation and between generations in the context of sustainable development efforts. For this reason, the protection of the environment and the responsible management its decreasing resources is among the environmental obligations and essential conditions for achieving sustainable development. Also, raising awareness about environmental rights will complement governments' efforts to develop and implement sustainable environmental policies by (1) empowering the poor, marginalized, and low-income classes of society, in particular, and (2) taking legal actions

to prevent the emergence of hot spots of environmental pollution. The purpose of the present paper is to examine the establishment of legal frameworks and national and international implementation measures to achieve environmental justice within the context of sustainable development, and to promote greater equity in the distribution of environmental benefits and costs for enabling the human’s right to a healthy environment.