The International Legal Protection of Environmental Refugees

A human rights-based, security and State responsibility approach

J.M.M. van der Vliet (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

342 Seiten

2020
Eleven International Publishing (Verlag)
978-94-6236-139-3 (ISBN)

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Climate change and other forms of environmental degradation, such as earthquakes and soil erosion, in combination with other factors (such as poverty, lack of government action and armed conflict) can lead to forced migration. The protection of these environmental refugees requires a different approach than that of ‘traditional war refugees’. Most environmental refugees are internally displaced. As a result, developing countries that are hit hardest by the negative effects of climate change, also have to deal with high numbers of internally displaced persons. These countries rely on international support to be able to bear the costs of mitigation- and adaptation measures. The current legal system not only offers insufficient protection for environmental refugees, but also offers insufficient opportunities for support by the international community. Principles and rules of international environmental law, human rights law and State responsibility can be used in an instrumental way to co-finance and support local measures. This thesis argues for the combination of a human rights-based, security and State responsibility approach to create medium and long-term protection regimes for environmental refugees that makes use of the possibilities to prevent migration or, if inevitably, manage migration.

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; PART I – CONCEPTUALIZING ENVIRONMENTALLY FORCED MIGRATION; 2 THE CONCEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REFUGEE; PART II – THE INTERNATIONAL LAW FRAMEWORK; 3 THE RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH; 4 SPECIFIC PROTECTION POSSIBILITIES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REFUGEES WITHIN THE RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH; 5 THE SECURITY APPROACH; 6 SPECIFIC PROTECTION POSSIBILITIES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REFUGEES WITHIN THE SECURITY APPROACH; 7 THE RESPONSIBILITY APPROACH; 8 SPECIFIC PROTECTION POSSIBILITIES FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REFUGEES WITHIN THE RESPONSIBILITY APPROACH; 9 GENERAL CONCLUSION ON THE LEGAL INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK; PART III – CREATIVE INTERPRETATION AND EXTRAPOLATION; 10 THE RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH; 11 THE SECURITY APPROACH; 12 THE RESPONSIBILITY APPROACH; PART IV – COMBINING APPROACHES; 13 OVERLAPPING APPROACHES; 14 A CONTEXT-ORIENTED AND DYNAMIC INTERPRETATION FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REFUGEES; 15 GENERAL CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; TABLE OF TREATIES; TABLE OF CASES

Erscheinungsdatum	10.07.2023
Reihe/Serie	E.M. Meijers Institute for Scientific Legal Research ; 342
Verlagsort	Utrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 242 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Besonderes Verwaltungsrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Umweltrecht
	Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Völkerrecht
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	94-6236-139-8 / 9462361398
ISBN-13	978-94-6236-139-3 / 9789462361393
Zustand	Neuware