Environmental justice protects the right of victims of environmental injustice to receive full compensation and reparations for damages as well as quality of health. Environmental justice considers governmental acts of environmental injustice a violation of international law, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on Genocide. Environmental justice must recognize a special legal and natural relationship of Native Peoples to the U.S. government through treaties, agreements, compacts and covenants affirming sovereignty and self-determination. Environmental justice affirms the need for urban and rural ecological policies to clean up and rebuild our cities and rural areas in balance with nature, honoring the cultural integrity of all our communities, and providing fair access for all to a full range or resources. Environmental justice calls for the strict enforcement of principles of informed consent, and a halt to the testing of experimental reproductive and medical procedures and vaccinations on people of color.
Environmental justice opposes the destructive operations of multinational corporations.
Environmental justice opposes military occupation, repressions, and exploitation of lands, peoples and cultures, and other life forms. Environmental justice calls for the education of present and future generations which emphasizes social and environmental issues, based on our experience and an appreciation of our diverse cultural perspectives. There are no easy answers when people need to decide where to build toxic waste sites, incinerators, waste treatment plants or the like. Very few people want them built in their backyards. Environmental justice must take place when locations for these sites are selected.