Elisa Ruozzi

Legal Protection of Sacred Natural Sites Within Human Rights Jurisprudence: Sápmi and Beyond

The protection of Indigenous sacred natural sites does not fit easily within Western freedom of religion jurisprudence. This chapter examines what room there is for sacred natural sites within regional human rights jurisprudence, in Europe and beyond. The authors ultimately argue that there is potential to develop freedom of religion so as to offer protection to sacred natural sites, particularly if weight is given to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

The Multilateral Trading System and Non-Trade Issues: How the World Trade Organisation Managed to Integrate Environmental Concerns without Integrating International Environmental Law

The aim of this article is to identify the main ideas, concepts and tensions, underlying the relationship between trade liberalisation and the protection of health and environment, as they emerge from WTO case law, in order to illustrate the originality and the effectiveness of the approach followed by the Organisation in dealing with health and environment disputes.