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20.500.12592/mxf0w9

Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

20 Jan 2023

The right to a healthy environment is contained in various non-binding international instruments, but also considered to be an inherent component of other fundamental human rights, such as the right to health,13 the right to life,14 and the right to private and family life.15 ESC rights are human rights that are necessary to live a dignified life that is free from fear and want. [...] The Scottish Government has committed to the incorporation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights and the right to healthy environment into Scots Law, following the recommendations of the National Taskforce of Human Rights Leadership, of which the Commission was an active member.17 The very limited protection of ESCE rights either within the UK’s constitution or any. [...] The following list 5 is presented as a brief, and not exhaustive, demonstration of some of the impacts to the enjoyment of ESCE rights if the retained EU law was revoked. [...] Right to a healthy environment As indicated by the UK Environmental Law Association the “overall approach proposed under the Bill will lead to a significant risk that the substance as well as the coherence of environmental law across the UK will be undermined and weakened.”20 This is because the bill could lead to whole areas of environmental law such as waste, water and air quality, nature conser. [...] Recommendation Given the international human rights obligations to which the UK has committed to comply with (including progressive realisation and non- retrogression); the potential impacts on the current enjoyment of economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights that the bill would have; and the lack of guarantees that all fundamental human rights protections will be guaranteed or that an.

Authors

Yanes L (Luis Felipe)

Pages
10
Published in
United Kingdom