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ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างสิทธิมนุษยชนและสิ่งแวดล้อม
เพื่อการคุ้มครองสิทธิมนุษยชนที่เกี่ยวกับสิ่งแวดล้อมอย่างยั่งยืน

Old Constitution New Constitution

 Both the 1997 and 2007 Constitutions had  Should have subordinate law written on
written “community rights” but as the right to definition of the community rights under the

participate with the State in managing natural Constitution and on conditions for using such
resources and environment which is the proce- rights in the more environmentally friendly and

dural rights, not the substantive rights. sustainably in the Thai way,

 The 2007 Constitution had recognized the  It is acceptable to write the right to environ-
rights of individuals but as the right to participate ment or the right to live in good environment

with the State and the community in managing as new provisions in the Constitution with the
natural resources and environment which is the condition that it should be linked to the

procedural rights, not the substantive rights. community rights which are collective rights.

 Both the 1997 and 2007 Constitutions had  Should stipulate the three types of procedural
stipulated the procedural rights of all three rights particularly for environmental case namely
forms: right to information, right to participate the right to information on environment, the

in decision-making process, and right to access right to participate in decision-making process on
to justice, to be applied for both environmental environmental matters, and the right to access

and non-environmental cases. Two specific to environmental justice.
measures for environmental cases only: right
to information and right to participation in

EIA process; and right of community to sue
the governmental officers for protecting the

community right.

 Duties of people for protecting the environ-  Should stipulate clearly on the duties of

ment had been stipulated. people and the duties of State for protecting
environment especially the duties of State
should be written to have legal responsibility if

the State fails to do its duties.

 Duties of State for protecting the environment

had been stipulated.

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