Journal article
Earth Rights for the Advancement of a Planetary Health Agenda
Health education & behavior, v 51(6)
03 Oct 2024
PMID: 39360512
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Abstract
This article discusses Earth’s Rights as an environmental justice mechanism of reparation, protection, and justice for indigenous communities, environmental defenders, and other populations in Latin America. We argue that Earth’s rights encompass and include the right to health and can be integrated into international human rights frameworks to protect all forms of life, responding to colonial legacies of discrimination and violence. We respond to the scarcity of literature discussing Earth’s rights in relation to situations where human rights and Earth’s rights are violated. We ground our argument in the theoretical conceptualization of Latin American proposals of Earth’s rights and its potential for actionable policy approaches that include human health as inevitably interconnected to our planet’s well-being. We address the environmental injustices that affect the right to health and argue that an Earth’s rights framework can support reparations for historically marginalized communities.
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- Title
- Earth Rights for the Advancement of a Planetary Health Agenda
- Creators
- Catalina Correa-Salazar (Corresponding Author) - Universidad de Los AndesIsabela Marín-Carvajal - Corporación Universitaria de Colombia IdeasMaría Alejandra García - Michigan State UniversityKathleen Fox - Drexel UniversityMariana Chilton - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Health education & behavior, v 51(6)
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications; THOUSAND OAKS
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
We would like to acknowledge all environmental defenders and leaders in the Global South who stand against violence and injustice, committing their lives to the defense of the Earth.
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:001326595700001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85205691690
- Other Identifier
- 991021910315604721
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- Domestic collaboration
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health