A Critical Analysis of the Law Relating to the Right to Clean and Healthy Environment.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .............................................................................................................................. i

APPROVAL .................................................................................................................................... ii

DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................... iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................................................. iv

TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................ v

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................................. viii

CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................ l

1.0 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... I

1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY ......................................................................................... I

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ........................................................................................ 3

1.3 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY ......................................................................................... 4

1.4 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................................... 4

1.4.1 GENERAL OBJECTIVE ....................................................................................................... 4

1.4.2 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ...................................................................................................... 4

1.5 RESEARCH QUESTIONS ....................................................................................................... 4

1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY. ......................................................................................... 4

1.7 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................. 5

1.8 METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION ................................................................................... 5

1.8.1 LIBRARIES ........................................................................................................................... 5

1.8.2 ONLINE SOURCES .............................................................................................................. 6

CHAPTER TWO ........................................................................................................................... 7

2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................................................................... 7

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2.1 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 7

2.2 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK ................................................. , ............................................ 7

2.3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK .......................................................................................... 1 0

2.4 DEFINITION OF THE RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT.. ........ 13

2.5 TI-lE ROLE OF CITIZENS IN THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND

HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................................................... 1.:1

CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................... 18

3.0 LEGAL FRAMEWORK ON THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND

HEAL THY ENVIRONMENT ...................................................................................................... 18

3.1 NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................... 18

3.1.1 THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA 1995 ................................... 18

3.1.2 THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ACT. ..................................... 20

3.2 PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION AS A TOOL FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE

RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT IN UGANDA ............................. 2l

3.2.1 ACODE AND THE RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT IN

UGANDA ...................................................................................................................................... 24

3.3 RIGHT TO A CLEAN AND HEALTH UNDER THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL

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