OS SUJEITOS EMERGENTES NO QUADRO DO DIREITO CONSTITUCIONAL DO AMBIENTE ANGOLANO

Abstract

The present article discusses the recognition of new subjects of environmental law in the framework of Angolan constitutionalism. In it, we argue that the question of new subjects of environmental law was not posed in the framework of the 1975 Constitutional Law. We argue that the norm on the protection of the environment in the Constitutional Law of 1992 was embryonic in the admissibility of new subjects, but then it came to be expressed in the Constitution of 2010. We further argue that the constitutional norms on the protection of the environment expressly recognize future generations as new subjects of law, but leave doubt as to the enshrinement of the rights of animals and other non-human beings. We also argue that the 2010 Constitution, by extending legal standing to all citizens individually or organized in associations, strengthens the mechanism for the defense of the rights of future generations, of absent or distant people, or of other entities to whom environmental rights are recognized.