UPHOLDING ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION OF PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF PROPERTY

Just as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 marked beginning contemporary international human rights law and subsequent adoption regional instruments, so Stockholm 1972 genesis a rights-based approach to protection environment. Since then, have become legal weapon exerted in strive protect environment enhance access environmental justice. Hence, it is not mere theoretical discourse that degradation affects enjoyment basic rights. It has now recognized such right life many others can only be enjoyed polluted free against this background paper examines how peaceful property guaranteed instruments on been construed foster protection. To achieve this, interpretations through decided cases are examined for proper evaluation judicial attitude willingness respect.