War and the environment : : new approaches to protecting the environment in relation to armed conflict / / edited by Rosemary Rayfuse.

The chapters in this volume have their origins in papers presented at a Workshop held at Lund University in Sweden. The Workshop gathered together experts from Europe, the United States and Australia, including leading academics as well as representatives from the ICRC, the Swedish, Norwegian and Da...

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Superior document:Raoul Wallenberg Institute Human Rights Library, Volume 45
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; Volume 45.
Physical Description:1 online resource (244 p.)
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Rosemary Rayfuse
  • Introduction: Rethinking International Law and the Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict / Rosemary Rayfuse
  • The Protection of the Natural Environment in Armed Conflict – Existing Rules and Need for Further Legal Protection / Cordula Droege and Marie-Louise Tougas
  • The Protection of the Environment in Armed Conflict: Legal Obligations in the Absence of Specific Rules / Dieter Fleck
  • The Principle of Ambituity and the Prohibition against Excessive Collateral Damage to the Environment during Armed Conflict / Erik V. Koppe
  • The Ethics, Principles and Objectives of Protection of the Environment in Times of Armed Conflict / Michael Bothe
  • Advancing the Legal Protection of the Environment in Relation to Armed Conflict: Protocol I’s Threshold of Impermissible Environmental Damage and Alternatives / Carson Thomas
  • Environmental Protection in Armed Conflict: Filling the Gaps with Sustainable Development / Onita Das
  • Environment and War: Lessons from International Cultural Heritage Law / Lucas Lixinski
  • The Role of Multilateral Environmental Agreements in Armed Conflict: ‘Green-keeping’ in Virunga Park. Applying the UNESCO World Heritage Convention in the Armed Conflict of the Democratic Republic of the Congo / Britta Sjöstedt
  • From Engines for Conflict into Engines for Sustainable Development: The Potential of International Law to Address Predatory Exploitation of Natural Resources in Situations of Internal Armed Conflict / Daniëlla Dam-de Jong
  • Index / Rosemary Rayfuse.