ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on key concepts discussed in this book. The book addresses the issues related to the 'United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child' (CRC), that is whether the right of a child to a clean environment exists expressly or impliedly in this Convention, it being the international instrument of greatest importance and enjoying wide participation. It investigates whether the right of a child to a clean environment does exist, direct or indirect, in other national and international instruments, and, if so, what is its extent. At the international level, only two regional human rights instruments expressly recognise environmental rights, the 1981 African Charter and the 1988 San Salvador Protocol to the 1969 Charter of Human Rights. The importance of the rights was corroborated by signing of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in June 1998.
