Rights-Based Approaches to Environmental Protection and Pandemic Prevention
This article reflects on the proposed pandemic treaty negotiations, the content of the recently published Zero Draft and its prospects for success in preventing future pandemics from emerging at all. It argues that, as presently conceived, the proposed instrument does little to address environmental...
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| description | This article reflects on the proposed pandemic treaty negotiations, the content of the recently published Zero Draft and its prospects for success in preventing future pandemics from emerging at all. It argues that, as presently conceived, the proposed instrument does little to address environmental damage as the primary driver of zoonotic spillover, nor does it make sufficient provision for the implementation and enforcement of legal obligations. In particular, the piece suggests that human rights and rights of nature can and should feature more prominently in efforts to fully realize the One Health agenda and strengthen environmental governance with a view to mitigating the risk of future pandemics. Experience from rights-based approaches in other contexts suggests that they offer a promising conduit for achieving genuine policy reform and accountability regarding environmental degradation. Indeed, human rights and rights of nature can play an important role in mitigating ecological destruction, biodiversity loss and, in turn, preventing disease transmission from the natural world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-aa05e6fea4fc4ee49b168043a906239b2023-11-19T01:52:57ZengMDPI AGLaws2075-471X2023-07-011246610.3390/laws12040066Rights-Based Approaches to Environmental Protection and Pandemic PreventionJason Rudall0Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University, 2311 EZ Leiden, The NetherlandsThis article reflects on the proposed pandemic treaty negotiations, the content of the recently published Zero Draft and its prospects for success in preventing future pandemics from emerging at all. It argues that, as presently conceived, the proposed instrument does little to address environmental damage as the primary driver of zoonotic spillover, nor does it make sufficient provision for the implementation and enforcement of legal obligations. In particular, the piece suggests that human rights and rights of nature can and should feature more prominently in efforts to fully realize the One Health agenda and strengthen environmental governance with a view to mitigating the risk of future pandemics. Experience from rights-based approaches in other contexts suggests that they offer a promising conduit for achieving genuine policy reform and accountability regarding environmental degradation. Indeed, human rights and rights of nature can play an important role in mitigating ecological destruction, biodiversity loss and, in turn, preventing disease transmission from the natural world.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-471X/12/4/66human rightsrights of natureenvironmental governanceOne Healthpandemic prevention |
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| title | Rights-Based Approaches to Environmental Protection and Pandemic Prevention |
| title_full | Rights-Based Approaches to Environmental Protection and Pandemic Prevention |
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| title_short | Rights-Based Approaches to Environmental Protection and Pandemic Prevention |
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| topic | human rights rights of nature environmental governance One Health pandemic prevention |
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