Is a Clean Environment a “Human Right?”
I’m not one to make fun of the impotence of the United Nations; I wish it weren’t so. But this one does seem to be a bit outside their realm.
What does the UN’s declaring something to be a human right actually do? Let’s say it’s clean water, adequate shelter, or, more recently in the news: healthcare. How much closer does it put people who are deprived of these life-giving commodities from actualizing them?