The right to a healthy and decent environment in new Lesotho Constitution

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Title:	The right to a healthy and decent environment in new Lesotho Constitution
Author:	Witzsch, G.
Year:	1990
Periodical:	Lesotho Law Journal: A Journal of Law and Development (ISSN 0255-6472)
Volume:	6
Issue:	2
Pages:	167-173
Language:	English
Notes:	biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:	Lesotho Southern Africa
Subjects:	environmental policy Environment, Ecology Environmental legislation constitutions sustainable development
Abstract:	The protection and improvement of the environment is a duty of all governments. The deteriorating state of the environment in Lesotho has recently found recognition at the highest level of government: a National Environmental Action Plan has been adopted in 1989. The Action Plan calls for an overhaul of Lesotho's environmental laws and the enactment of a framework or umbrella law to provide, inter alia, the legal basis for an appropriate national environmental machinery. This article examines the right to a healthy environment under the present laws of Lesotho and compares the protection of the individual's environment in the Constitution of a number of countries. Notes, ref.