Environmental Racism: How Governments Are Systematically Poisoning Indigenous Communities & the U.N.’s Role

Authors

Maia Dombey

Abstract

This note examines the practice of toxic waste dumping on indigenous lands and how it fits within the broader concept of environmental racism. It further evaluates the international human rights framework and how the United Nations and other international bodies interact with this concept and provide means for protection against this illicit practice. Further, it examines the role of the Special Rapporteur on the Implications for Human Rights of the Environmentally Sound Management and Disposal of Hazardous Substances and Wastes and how he, in his role as Special Rapporteur, can provide relief to indigenous communities suffering the effects of this governmental practice. It delves into such occurrences in specific countries, as well as evaluates the universal human rights of the Right to Information and the Right to Life.

Recommended Citation

Maia Dombey, Environmental Racism: How Governments Are Systematically Poisoning Indigenous Communities & the U.N.’s Role, 27 U. MIA Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 131 (2020)
Available at: https://repository.law.miami.edu/umiclr/vol27/iss1/5