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Who Can You Enforce Your Environmental Rights Against?

There has been much debate about the application of environmental rights. It is quite clear that these rights apply between the state and private persons. However, the question is whether the right applies between two private persons. It seems that the courts have accepted that environmental rights can apply between private persons. (See: Section 8: Application of the Bill of Rights)