Professor Douglas Cassel’s commentary “Do we Have a Human Right to a Healthy Environment?” critique the existance of the right to a healthy environment in the international law discourse. The author argues that the matter has complex underlying legal challenges that have to be unmasked for it to be clearly comprehended. He brings an interesting dimension regarding the relationship between human rights and environmental rights to the effect that the “protection of the environment is meant to protect the people.” Cassel further examines the existance of this right in the context of regional systems of human rights protection. Comparatively, he looks at the African…