Environmental protection and transitions from conflict to peace : clarifying norms, principles, and practices / Carsten Stahn, Jens Iverson, and Jennifer S. Easterday.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Stahn, Carsten, 1971- editor.

Iverson, Jens, editor.

Easterday, Jennifer S., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law.

Postwar reconstruction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 2017

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work examines the protection of the environment in post-conflict societies, with regard both to the maintenance of natural ecosystems and to the function of environmental protection in the peace-building process, addressing the strengths and weaknesses of different bodies of law.

Contents:

Introduction: protection of the environment and jus post bellum : some preliminary reflections / Carsten Stahn, Jens Iverson, and Jennifer Easterday

Part I: Foundations. Considerations in framing the environmental dimensions of jus post bellum / Carl Bruch

Defining the "environment"

environmental integrity / Cymie R. Payne

Part II: Legal Norms and Frameworks. The ability of environmental treaties to address environmental problems in post conflict / Britta Sjöstedt

The environment and armed conflict : employing general principles to protect the environment / Kirsten Stefanik

Using a framework of human rights and transitional justice for post-conflict environmental transitional justice for post- conflict environmental protection and remediation / Karen Hulme

The law of pillage, conflict resources, and jus post bellum / Olivia Radics and Carl Bruch

Standard-setting practices for the management of natural resources in conflict-torn states : constitutive elements of jus post bellum / Daniëlla Dam-de Jong

Environmental implications of disarmament : the CWC case / Ayșe-Martina Böhringer and Thilo Marauhn

Legal protection of the environment: the double challenge of non-international armed conflict and post-conflict peacebuilding / Dieter Fleck

Eco-struggles : using international criminal law to protect the environment during and after non-international armed conflict / Matthew Gillet

Part III: Tensions and Dilemmas. Reparation for environmental damage in jus post bellum : the problem of shared responsibility / Ilias Plakokefalos

Conflict, cash and controversy : protecting environmental rights in post-conflict settings / Jennifer Easterday and Hana Ivanhoe

Private security companies and other private security providers (PSCS) and environmental protection in jus post bellum : policy and regulatory challenges / Onita Das and Aneaka Kellay

Part IV: Remedying and Preventing Damage and Harm. Developments in the law of environmental reparations : a case study of the UN Compensation Commission / Cymie R. Payne

Victims of environmental harm during conflict : the potential for justice / Merryl Lawry-White

Post conflict mine action : environment and law / Ursign Hofman and Pascal Rapillard

"After the war is before the war"

the environment, preventative measures under international humanitarian law and their post-conflict impact / Anne Dienelt

Reframing the remnants of war: the role of the International Law Commission, governments and civil society / Doug Weir.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 16, 2017).

ISBN:

9780191087592

0191087599

9780191827051

0191827053

OCLC:

1048144698

Publisher Number:

10.1093/oso/9780198784630.001.0001

Access Restriction:

Unrestricted online access