Plastic waste pollution, environmental impacts and regulatory challenges: The Cameroonian example

Abstract

This paper examines the challenges that bedevil the regulation of plastic pollution in Cameroon. Drawing on existing primary and secondary data, the paper argues that although there is an enabling legal environment for regulating plastic pollution in Cameroon, such an enabling environment disappointingly is not comprehensive and holistic to effectively combat plastic pollution owing to some pertinent reasons. Because of such reasons, the paper finds that the legal environment is timid and lends little suppo... Continue Reading...

Human Right to Security in the English Legal Tradition: Myth or Reality? Legal Perspectives

Abstract Security, or the right to it, is found today in many international Human Rights Treaties and Constitutions; it is often articulated alongside peace and the right to liberty from the state. Liberty, for instance, and security may sometimes bring forth duties that are diametrically opposed: one may beg for state protection – security, while the other may focus on protection from the state – liberty [Lazarous L: ‘The Right to Security’ In: Cruft R, Liao MS and Renzo M (2015): ‘The Philosophical Foundations of Human Rights: An Overview’, In: Cr... Continue Reading...