The United Nations General Assembly (the UNGA) has issued a resolution recognising the human right to a healthy environment. Whilst the General Assembly lacks the ability to make international law, it is capable of contributing to the creation of law and of declaring what is already existing law by way of its resolutions. Here we look at the General Assembly’s resolution and States’ reaction to it, with a view to considering what the future might hold for the human right to a healthy environment.

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