New Approach to Environmental Protection and Human Rights from the Perspective of Human Needs

Human rights certainly belong to the most ambitious and, at the same time (rightly referred to as) fundamental rights. Without them, all others would only make an efficient instrument of oppression or unequal treatment. Interestingly, environmental protection does not hold an important place among them, although it is the natural environment that determines the existence of each human being. At least for this reason, it deserves more attention and respect. It guarantees satisfying all existential, spiritual and social needs, both in individual and group dimensions; it offers safety and development – in other words, the fundamental needs of every person.