Normative Study on the Regulation of the Right to a Good and Healthy Environment in the Context of Sustainable Development

Vagitya Ramadhani Putri; Iwan Kurniawan

doi:10.59890/ijla.v4i3.255

Authors

Vagitya Ramadhani Putri Universitas Sriwijaya
Iwan Kurniawan Universitas Jayabaya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59890/ijla.v4i3.255

Keywords:

Environmental Rights, Sustainable Development, Environmental Law, Ecological Justice, Normative Law Research

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the regulation of the right to a good and healthy environment in the context of sustainable development through a normative legal approach. The research method used is normative legal research with a literature review and library research approach. Research data were obtained from primary legal materials, secondary legal materials, and tertiary legal materials which include laws and regulations, international legal documents, books, journal articles, and relevant academic literature. The results of the study show that the right to a good and healthy environment has substantive and procedural dimensions. The substantive dimension includes the right of communities to enjoy a clean, healthy, safe, and sustainable environment, while the procedural dimension includes the right to information, public participation, and access to environmental justice.

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